Welcome to Northwest Swing. I'm so glad your curious about dancing. Hopefully this site will assist you in finding the information you need and make it easier for you to get into this fantastic world of DANCE!! This site is dedicated to West Coast Swing (and NC2S)
A Simple Dance Test
1. Have you ever wanted to get in shape but hated exercise?
2. Do you like meeting new people, couples or singles?
3. Do you like having fun!
4. Do you like moving to the music when you're in the shower?
5. Do you like looking sexy and cool?
6. Dudes - Do you being around beautiful women?
If you answer yes to any of these (and probably all of them) you should seriously think about dancing!!
But hey you! I can't Dance, I'm a clultz and fall down a lot.
Naaaa, that's just the beer. Everyone can dance at some level and if you take lessons, you'll be totally amazed at what you can do. You'll feel awesome. Impress your friends, your hubby or wife, or all of them! Better yet, have them come learn dance with you!!
Jordan and Tatianna
Jim Minty and Katie McCaslin
Ok, I'm interested but tell me more, where do I go ??
I would recommend West Coast Swing as a good place to start dancing. Yes, it's a little harder but the payoffs are MUCH bigger and it has a much higher fun factor with better music. See the Dances pages to see all the great places to dance every week and lesson schedules.
See a short video on the main page. There are LOTS of different dances. It's a big discussion which I'll save for later. The most important fact is that West Coast Swing is a partner dance that allows expression on the part of the Leader and the Follower. No other dance has the open ended cool smooth flow that West Coast has. No other dance allows you to dance to the coolest music on the planet, the most modern R&B pop music, the most awesome smooth Jazz, the most fun classic blues tunes. WCS has it all.
Is West Coast Swing hard or harder to learn then other dances?
It's not the easiest dance but it's the best. You can get dancing pretty quickly but to be really good at it takes a while. But note that most people enjoy dancing West Coast Swing at the Novice level and only take group lessons so if you just want to have fun without much work, you still can, you just won't get everything the dance can offer you. If you simply can't stand the thought of learning the best dance, at least learn East Coast Swing (the easy swing). But be aware, the transition from East Coast to West Coast will come at a cost of unlearning a few bad habits. My advice: Start with WCS in the first place and make life easy and fun.