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Elm City Swing and Blues is a non-competitive swing, blues, and fusion dancing community! Come dancing!

04/07/2026

🪩Groovy Lindy🪩
6 and 8 count basics required for lesson; social open to all!

💃Balboa🕺
Balboa basics required for lesson; social open for all!

📍400 Humphrey Street (St. John's Episcopal Church Parish House)
7 - 8 pm lesson
8 - 10 pm social (Lindy, bal, slow bal, and blues included)
$10-20 sliding scale lesson + social
$5-10 sliding scale for social only
💵 Cash strongly preferred.

🏁Please arrive 15 min prior to the lesson for check in.
🥾Please wipe your shoes on arrival, it’s rain season so we want to keep the church clean and dance shoes safe from water damage!
🌱Please bring your water bottle to reduce waste
🅿️ Street parking is plenty on Orange and Humphrey. Spots marked for Church Business is available for us to use. Avoid zoned resident parking spots. The closest free parking lot to St John’s is *Yale Lot 22* (265 Whitney) at the Peabody Museum lot a 5 min walk.

01/30/2026

We were thrilled to have 28 attendees at last Saturday's beginner bootcamp!

A big thank you to Nell for the excellent introduction to Blues, 6-Count Swing, and Charleston.

And thank you to everyone who braved the cold weather and joined us for the day. It was lovely to meet you and dance with you, and we hope to see you again soon!

If you missed the bootcamp, you still have a chance to join us for our Intro to Swing series running through February. We can't wait to dance with everyone!

01/08/2026

New Year, New Me! Beginner Bootcamp taught by Nell is the perfect way to start your year! Fulfill a variety of resolutions by attending: more movement, more community connection, make new friends, come out of your comfort zone, try a new hobby, be more artistic, and more!

Registration can be found at the link in our bio and at linktr.ee/elmcityswingandblues

12/29/2025

Yale Swing, Blues, and Fusion (YSBF) will now be known as Elm City Swing and Blues (ECSB).

After thorough discussion of our mission and values as a group, we have decided the most viable way to sustain and support our dance community is to transition from a Yale University club to a community dance organization. We have decided to part from Yale in order to fulfill the full potential of our organization to more widely and equitably serve our dance community. We strive to share the joy of the swing community with everyone, in the true spirit of Lindy Hop and social dance, while paying homage to the city that has nurtured us for over a decade.

Elm City Swing and Blues will continue to host our weekly dances and special workshops as best serves our local communities. As part of the transition, we will be announcing new locations for our dance events in the near future. Our current leadership is grateful for the long and storied history of YSBF as a part of the larger Yale community, and equally grateful for our dance community members who have sustained this vibrant arts group. We hope at ECSB that you will continue to support us as we make this transition.

12/16/2025

Join us tonight for our holiday party and monthly bal dance! It’s themed Winter Wear Whatever, and we have a fun game in store for you!

Schedule: 7:30-8:30pm intermediate balboa lesson, 8:30-10pm Lindy, balboa, Charleston, and more social dance
Sliding scale cost: $10-20 lesson, $5-10 social only

12/10/2025

Winter Wear-whatever!
Dress your best winter holiday vibes! Christmas sweater so offensively ugly you can’t wear it to work? That gorgeous holiday party dress you never got to wear again? The slightly too small Hanukkah sweater gramma made you? Old Nutcracker dance costume? The skiing gear you spent so much money on that you never get to wear?
All welcome!

Sliding Scale Pricing (Please pay as able)

Lesson & Dance: $10-20

Dance Only: $5-10

To Enter St. John's Parish Hall: Proceed up the wheelchair ramp on the Humphrey side and go through the door to enter

12/08/2025

❌CANCELED - sadly, we have to cancel today's partner Charleston with Bee and Sean. Stay warm and healthy! ❄🍵
No lesson and social today.
But we are working on a make-up date in 2026! 🙂

Sliding Scale Pricing (Please pay as able)

Lesson & Dance: $10-20

Dance Only: $5-10

12/07/2025

Sliding Scale Pricing (Please pay as able)
Lesson & Dance: $10-20
Dance Only: $5-10

To Enter St. John's Parish Hall: Proceed up the wheelchair ramp on the Humphrey side and go through the door to enter

11/06/2025

November swing dance schedule in New Haven

11/4 @ 50 Wall Street: Beginner Lesson
11/11 @ 400 Humphrey Street: Shim Sham pt. 1
11/18 @ 400 Humphrey Street: Shim Sham pt. 2
11/25 @ 400 Humphrey Street: Balboa

Sliding Scale Pricing (Please pay as able)
Lesson & Dance: $10-20
Dance Only: $5-10

SLOW BAL WORKSHOP NOV 8! INFO HERE: https://facebook.com/events/s/registration-open-slow-bal-wor/1572328130793846/

To Enter St. John's Parish Hall: Proceed up the wheelchair ramp on the Humphrey side and go through the door to enter

11/04/2025

ECSB is bringing Jen Barnett and Shawn Hershey to Connecticut for a 1-day slow balboa workshop + social this Saturday, November 8th!

ADMISSION:
Day Pass: (includes both workshops & social): $50/students, $75/non-students
One Workshop: $25/students, $35/non-students
Only Social: $15/students, $20 non-students

HOURS:
1-3pm: Workshop #1
4-6pm: Workshop #2
8-9:30pm: Slow Balboa Social (DJ'ed by Jennifer Barnett)

WORKSHOP VENUE: 53 Wall St, Room 108
SOCIAL DANCE VENUE: Gryphon's Pub, 204 York St.

More info here: https://facebook.com/events/s/registration-open-slow-bal-wor/1572328130793846/

09/22/2025

Join Yale Swing, Blues & Fusion on Tuesday September 23 for a Live Band event with Wes Lewis and His Trio, at 53 Wall St., New Haven. Lesson from 7:30-8:30, social dance from 8:30-10:30. Students $10, non-students $15.
Tickets are limited, so to make sure you get a ticket, please email [email protected] and reserve your spot!

09/16/2025

See you tonight for a drop-in friendly intermediate musicality class with Medha at 7:15 at 53 Wall St! Today’s topic is playing with rhythm to connect with the music and your partner.

Join us at 8:00pm at 53 Wall St with a totally beginner friendly lesson! No partner, special shoes, or experience needed. Show up in comfy walkable shoes.

Followed by a social!

Address

New Haven, CT
06501-06540

Website

https://linktr.ee/elmcityswingandblues

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