The First Queer Positive Swing Dance School in the U.S. founded in 2019

While all people are welcome at Queer Swing Seattle, our goal is to go out of our way to create a uniquely safe & queer positive space for people to learn to Lindy Hop. This is reflected in our policies, the way we do business, the way we think about and teach dance, and ultimately the way we will all dance with each other. 

Discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, ethnicity, ability, appearance, national origin or religion will not be tolerated. LGBTQAI+ spaces have historically lacked sensitivity to our Trans, Enby, Black and POC family members. We want to be especially conscious of this to create a new dance community where everyone feels explicitly welcome, safe, and valued! 

Lindy Hop is a Black American cultural art form, as such, Queer Swing Seattle is dedicated to dismantling white supremacy in dance spaces through action, education and working to undo the cultural burglary of Jazz and its various dance forms.

Queer Lindy is Lindy Hop done by, for and inspired by LGBTQAI+ people past and present. Queer Lindy is both an activity and a point of view. Taking influence from the Black and Queer communities who contributed to Jazz and Swing and exploring a style of dancing that embodies and empowers diverse and intersectional queer identities in social dance. 

Switch and Fluid Lind Hop:

Simply put, Switch Dancing is the idea that you can change roles while in the middle of dance. Fluid Lindy Hop is the idea that you can lead or follow from either side of the partnership. These trends in Lindy Hop are inspired by the many queer people past and present who subverted gender norms in partner dance by dancing both roles and dancing in between the roles as well. A very queer, very non-binary look at partner dancing. 

ELEF Class Style:

While not every Queer person wants to switch or dance fluid, Queer Swing Seattle teaches all of its classes at all levels in an Everybody Leads, Everybody Follows (ELEF) style. This is a primary way of deconstructing problematic gender power dynamics and also produces some of the most agile, music focused and compassionate social dancers out there. And, its just a lot of fun!

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If you are excited to join our classes and community but have financial difficulty, reach out to us. We are working with amazing organizations to ensure financial ability is not a barrier to dance.