West Coast Swing

West Coast Swing Dance 2026 Workshop Dates:

Sunday 17th May 3 - 6pm - Followed by Soul Steps WCS Social Dance

Sunday 28th June 3 - 6pm - More details will follow

Absolute beginners class 3 - 4 pm for those who have never tried West Coast Swing dancing or want to build on their first steps. Booking is helpful but you can just turn up at 2:45pm ready to start at 3pm!

The intermediate/plus workshop is from 3 - 6pm and will take you through the fundamentals, moving on to the elements that make West Coast Swing so special:

- Style and Versatility

- Lead and Follow

- Rhythms and Patterns

- Social Dance Focus

WCS Teacher: Dawn Gennery with Stuart Holloway

Workshop 3 - 4pm £10

Workshop 3 - 6pm £20

Social Dance £10 or £5 if you have attended the workshops

Text 07916 950089 or contact dancecardevents@gmail.com to book your places

Location: The Engine Shed, York Road, Wetherby, LS22 7SU

We look forward to welcoming you for an afternoon of learning, connection, and dancing.

Introducing Stuart

Stuart Holloway is joining Dawn in teaching this month. Starting dancing in 1997 at a local line dance class, Stuart explored many styles of dance over the years, including line dancing, street dance, contemporary, and ballroom. Over the last seven years, his main focus has been West Coast Swing. In the past year, he has been teaching for various workshops and weekly classes, as well as teaching and competing at events across the UK and Europe.

The sessions will cover the elements of the dance that you will need to master. It will be fashioned specifically at those who book, with the intention of drilling our fundamentals, practice time, and thinking about the things we can work on to improve our dance. We will then move up a level, introducing characteristics, moves and styling intended to jazz up the impression you make on the dance floor.

You will work on your basic moves, with guidance on exercises to do at home to improve skills and perfect what you have learnt. We will focus on maintaining a connection between partners through tension and compression, allowing for dynamic and fluid movements.

Robert Cordoba

Genoa Sea Fest 2021

Robert Royston

Trained under Robert Cordoba and Robert Royston

Dance instructor Dawn has had many years of experience dancing West Coast Swing. She is GPDIA qualified to teach West Coast Swing by American choreographer, Swing dance champ and Hall of Famer Robert Cordoba (image left). She went on to run regular classes and has taught WCs for 7 years now.

Robert Royston teacher training at the Chrysalis Theatre, Milton Keynes 2024

Dawn has also taken part in intensive teacher training session with WCS champ, dance emcee, teacher trainer, and choreographer Robert Royston, the most recent one being in March 2024. She teaches at both beginner and intermediate level.

In addition Dawn has had private tuition from world renowned professional West Coast Swing instructors and All Stars, and takes great joy in dancing West Coast Swing. She is dedicated in her passion to teach others in learning this wonderfully creative style of dance.

The annual Cairn Hotel Harrogate SH!Dance Weekender WCS Workshops with Dawn and Charlie

If you would like us to run a workshop for you please fill in the booking form on the contacts page or contact Dawn using details in the footer

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