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28/10/2026

Musical statues, but make it swing! 🎶🕺

Last week in improvers, we put our balance to the test with a few rounds of musical statues – starting with solo jazz moves, then adding partners and a short routine.

The lesson? Keep your feet underneath you! Being in control of your weight and staying balanced means you’re ready for whatever move comes next.

We then put this into practice with some rather tricky (and squeaky) triple-step turns! 😅

Here’s a little glimpse of last week’s class. 💃

Come dance with us this Thursday 🎶

📍 Red Hot Arts, Alice Springs
👣 6:30pm – Beginners
💃 7:30pm – Improvers
💰 $10 (cash or card)

26/10/2026

Week three of our 8-count Lindy Hop beginners course, and things are getting fancy! 🦋👶

We tackled turns for the first time last Thursday, including the lindy circle, 8-count tuck turn and an open butterfly spin. Some tricky moves, but everyone did brilliantly!

We also introduced the wonderfully ridiculous jazz move S***k the Baby, which went down about as seriously as you’d expect. 😂

🎥 Here’s a little recap of what we got up to, complete with squeaky shoes.

One more week to go! This Thursday we’ll be revisiting some of our favourite moves from the course, with a few new ones thrown in. Complete beginners are still very welcome.

📍 Red Hot Arts, Alice Springs
🕡 Beginners: 6:30pm | Improvers: 7:30pm
💰 $10 per class, cash or card on the door
👯 No partner required!

22/10/2026

Carrying on with our focus on lead-follow connection in our improvers’ classes, last week we focused on frame.

Frame helps us keep a strong connection, protects us from injury and helps build up tension and release with our partner.

We ran through a few moves where this push and pull can feel so good, especially in the sugar push, one of my favourites.

We’re back tonight with more classes at Red Hot Arts 🎭
⏱️ 6.30pm - beginners 8-count Lindy Hop
⏱️ 7.30pm - improvers lead-follow connection
💸 $10 at the door, cash or card

No partner needed! We rotate throughout the class.

19/10/2026

Flip flops, promenades and pecks! 🩴🦆

There was a lot of laughter in last week’s beginners class as we added some new moves to our 8-count Lindy Hop repertoire!!

We practised flip flops, promenades (lead goes and follower goes), and finished with some pecks – a move that’s almost impossible to do with a straight face. 😂

Here’s a little recap of what we learnt.

We’re back this Thursday for more classes. Total beginners welcome.

📍 Red Hot Arts, Alice Springs
🕡 Beginners: 6:30pm
🕢 Improvers: 7:30pm
💰 $10 per class – cash or card at the door

No partner needed, just bring yourselves.

14/10/2026

Here’s our Improvers’ recap from last week – going with the flow! 🕺

We packed a LOT into Thursday’s class! Our theme was flow – keeping our momentum and direction going until our partner gives us a reason to change.

For followers, that means continuing your movement until you’re redirected or stopped by your lead. It’s this consistency that helps us create great connection, build tension in the right places and make our dancing feel effortless! ✨

We kicked off with a 6-count turning exercise, practising how to keep moving, before exploring some fun 8-count moves and their alternatives:

🎶 Yo-yo or a simple send out
🎶 Shoulder catch or a return to closed position
🎶 Basket or a send out from cuddle position

Thanks for giving all these moves a go with us! 👏

✨ Coming up this week: FRAME!

We’ll be exploring why frame is so important in Lindy Hop, how it shapes our connection with our partner and how it can make all our dancing feel better.

📍 Red Hot Arts, Alice Springs
🕢 Thursdays, 7:30–8:30pm (beginners @ 6.30)
💰 $10 per class

See you on the dance floor! 🎷

12/10/2026

💃 Week 1 of our Beginners 8-count Lindy Hop course – you smashed it! 🕺

Here’s a little recap of what we got up to on Thursday.

We got to grips with our 8-count Lindy Hop footwork, learnt send outs and bring ins, practised moving around the dance floor, and even threw in some fun switches to finish off the musical phrase! 🎶

Everyone did brilliantly!

✨ Fancy joining us for Week 2?

This Thursday we’ll be building on what we’ve learnt, adding some new moves to our 8-count repertoire and getting more comfortable dancing to the music.

Complete beginners are very welcome! We’ll get you up to speed, and you don’t need any previous dance experience or a partner.

📍 Red Hot Arts, Alice Springs
🕡 Beginners: 6:30–7:30pm
🕢 Improvers: 7:30–8:30pm
💰 $10 per class

06/10/2026

🎷 Improvers – come geek out with us this October!

Already got the swing basics down? Over the next four Thursdays, we’ll be exploring:

✨ Building a stronger lead-follow connection
✨ Mixing and matching 6-count, 8-count Lindy Hop and Charleston footwork – and how to lead the changes
✨ Follower variations and hijacks
✨ Frame, pulse and musicality

These are stand-alone classes, not a progressive block in the same way as our beginners course, so come along whenever you can.

📅 Thursdays, 8–29 October
🕢 7:30–8:30pm
📍 Red Hot Arts
💰 $10 per class – cash or card on the door

Let us know here if you can make it: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DqyCD5M4S/

05/10/2026

💃 We're starting a new swing dancing course for beginners! 🎷

This October, Alice Swings is running a four-week beginners' course in 8-count Lindy Hop, a fun partnered dance to lively jazz music.

Over four Thursdays, we’ll learn the basic 8-count footwork and building up a collection of moves you can put together on the dance floor.

✨ Complete beginners welcome
✨ No partner needed – we rotate partners throughout the class
✨ Come to as many of the four weeks as you can – each class builds on the last
Weeks 1 and 2 are especially designed for complete beginners.

📅 Thursdays, 8–29 October
🕡 6:30–7:30pm
📍 Red Hot Arts
💰 $10 per class – cash or card on the door

Let us know here if you're attending: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ERM7Qhfgc/https://www.facebook.com/share/1ERM7Qhfgc/

01/10/2026

*Beginners Class Recap!*

We had lots of fun in our beginners class last night learning this little routine!
- basic (6 count, in open position)
- Block turn (remember to switch the hand to cross-hand hold before the block turn)
- Basic
- Free-hand Pass by
- Our fun little phrase-ender: ‘rock step, jump, twist twist twist twist twist!’ (an 8 count move).
- And start again!

Thanks for coming to our beginners block this last month; new block starts next week with Alex and Emily, looking at 8 count beginner moves! Bye for now! 👋

Music: ‘When It Was Wrong’, The California Honeydrops 🎶

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