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Courses

Looking to learn Lindy Hop? Total beginner or advanced, we're thrilled to welcome you. You don't need a fixed dancing partner, we rotate partners in class.

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We start a course twice a year, the next one in February 2025. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram to stay informed - or visit us at our weekly social inbetween lessons at the Floreshuis on Monday 20:00-20:45.

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Hope to see you on the dancefloor soon!

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Levels / Classes

Sugarbeats

Level 1

You’re a beginner and want to experience this dance! With the Sugarbeats you’ll learn the fundamentals of Lindy Hop: connection, differences between six- and eight-count moves, and basic steps towards your first Swingouts. We’ll also take you along with us to your first social dance! During this course you can expect: • Six-count moves such as the send-out, pass-by and tuck-turn • Eight-count moves such as the promenade and lindy circle • Floor craft: How to dance in tight spaces • The Charleston: how to keep dancing when music is really fast!

Lollipops

Level 2

You’ve finished the Sugarbeats and feel like digging deeper into the dance. The Lollipops-course will help improve your basics and treat you to a lot of new moves and techniques. If you want to focus on your basics before moving on to the Cotton Candies you can take this class a second time. During this course you can expect: • Lindy Hop’s signature move: the swingout • Techniques such as: frame, compression and momentum • Learn how to do pop-turns and other spins & turns • Charleston tandem

Cotton Candies

This level will feature rotating content and is thus suitable to be taken multiple times. Your basics are clean and your triple-steps are spot on. You can effortlessly lead or follow a promenade, lindy circle and Charleston hand-to-hand. You want to work on your technique and connection as well as expand your lindy vocabulary. During this course you can expect to: • Learn some intermediate figures that go beyond standard six or eight count moves; • Focus more on social dancing, • Perfect your swingout and learn variations; • Gently speed up your Charleston dancing.

Marshmallows

For those who've taken their dancing, technique and motivation to the highest level with us. This level requires you to be present regularly in order to keep up - and will feature rotating content and is thus suitable to be taken multiple times. You are ready to learn more advanced moves, but you also realise that you’ll need to continue working on the core moves to hone your fundamentals. You know how to effortlessly lead or follow swingouts, Charleston in tandem and fast Lindy Hop. You are starting to use rhythm variations in your footwork and know how to use connection to dance beyond just the basic figures. During this course you work on: • Obtaining a deeper understanding of the principles of the dance (nerd out!) • Blending Charleston and Lindy • Perfecting your fundamentals • Learning rhythm and figure variations

Schedule

Mondays

Time
Big Room
Small Room
19:00 - 20:00
Sugarbeats (L1)
Marshmallows
20:00 - 20:45
Social Dance
20:45 - 21:45
Lollipops (L2)
Cotton Candies

Cost & Registration

Class
# of lessons
Cost
Lindy Hop (all)
Ca. 19
Membership

You'll find the registration button on the top right. When registrations are open, the button will take you to the registration form.

Membership (€140,-)

With Sugarspin you don't pay per class - you pay a membership fee. Once you're a member, you have the right to take any class as long as there's sufficient space and the lead/follow balance allows for it. You can take 1 or 2 classes, at no extra cost. The current membership fee is €140,-. Membership lasts for the duration of one block of ca. 19 weekly lessons, spread over ca. 5 months.

Social fund

Social Fund

​For many dancers in our community, Lindy Hop is more than just a hobby; it’s a source of energy, and a place to let go and connect with others. We'd like people to have the possibility to meet and dance together, no matter their socio-economic background. That’s why we created a social fund that’s available to anyone who needs a little support to make our classes accessible to them. If you need to make use of the social fund to pay for a course, you can let us know in the registration form.

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If you'd like to donate to the social fund, you can register the amount in the registration form. Your contribution will be used exclusively to offer a fellow dancer in financial need a registration at a discounted rate. â€‹â€‹If you'd like to make a one-time contribution outside of the registration time – send us an email and we’ll provide you with the details.

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Volwassenenfonds

The municipality of Groningen wants to encourage people to be active in sports or the arts. People who are living on subsistence level can apply for the Volwassenenfonds through their local WIJ-team to get financial support for this purpose. You can read about the requirements and application on their website.

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Location : Floresplein 19, Groningen

House rules

  • Be on time for your lesson. Your teachers and fellow students appreciate it.

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  • Pay close attention to your body's needs to prevent injury. If you feel like you need more of a warm up / cooling down, act accordingly.

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  • We are guests at Het Floreshuis, and staff consists mostly of volunteers. Let's help each other out; please clean up after yourself.

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  • Wear shoes with light-coloured soles so you don't leave skidmarks on the floor.

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  • Bring a water bottle, a fan or towel / 2nd shirt in case things get hot (they sometimes will).​​​​

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  • Always be excellent to each other.

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