Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

Cape Town Swing

A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

    Cape Town Swing

    A community organisation that shares swing dance, music and culture in the Mother City and beyond.

    Learn to Lindy Hop

    Ready to become a Lindy Hopper? Whether you're new to swing dancing, or you've taken some drop-in classes in recent months.... if you’re ready to progress from Beginner to Intermediate, our Novice Learning Group is your next stop.

    This is a ±3.5-month progressive course, where a CTS senior teacher will help you string together the essentials of becoming a social lindy hopper (including swing outs and 8-count vocab, tuck-turns and other 6-count basics, charleston fundamentals, solo jazz ABCs, partner technique and communicating rhythm changes, swing music structure & musicality in dance, history & culture of swing…).

    We have NEW Novice groups starting:
    Friday 6th Ocober 2023 in City Center
    Tuesday 7th November 2023 in Muizenberg
    Wednesday 10th January 2024 in Observatory

    The Observatory class is open to drop-in visitors from 22 November this year.


    REGISTER

    Our weekly class schedule:

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    6:00 PM

    Novice Learning Group

    Observatory Community Centre

    7:15 PM

    Intermediate

    Observatory Community Centre

    7:15 PM

    Advanced

    Observatory Community Centre

    7:30 PM

    Novice Learning Group

    Yoga Barre Studio


    FRIDAYS
    Truth Coffee Roasting, 36 Buitenkant St

    6:00 PM – Novice Learning Group (closed to first-timers)
    6:00 PM – Intermediate Lindy Hop
    7:00 PM – Social Dance (free entry)


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    Read more about our class locations and level descriptions, and drop us a message if you have any questions.

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    I’ve never seen a lindy hopper who wasn’t smiling. It’s a happy dance. It makes you feel good.
    Frankie Manning

    What is African Dance?

    A series of four online lectures with Maxwell Xolani Rani

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    Lindy hoppers around the world value an understanding of African Dance. So, we invited Maxwell Xolani Rani (lecturer, choreographer and PhD fellow at the University of Cape Town) to give a series of four lectures on the topic.


    Watch now

    Echoes of Sophiatown


    Echoes of Sophiatown official launch event

    After months of transcribing, translating, and practicing the songs at the centre of the Echoes of Sophiatown project, The Pebble Shakers have dropped their first album: the core of the first project milestone!

    Featuring 12 of the 30 songs transcribed in the first phase of the project, the Echoes of Sophiatown tribute album is now available on Bandcamp.


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    Events


    The Cape Town dance scene is vibrant with weekly lessons, regular social dances, and swingin' live music events! 


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    Echoes of Sophiatown


    As part of our mission to promote swing dance and music, we have launched the Echoes of Sophiatown project for preserving, celebrating, and reviving the original South African swing music, culture, and history. 


    Learn More

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    Contact

    Reach out to learn more or get involved!

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