Upcoming events

Friday Night Swing Dance
Jun
20

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Slow Balboa Workshop
Jun
21

Slow Balboa Workshop

Join Peter and Lauren for their Slow Balboa workshop June 21, where they'll take students on a deep dive into the essential techniques and styles of vintage Slow Balboa.

This workshop will focus on aesthetics, techniques, and flow in Slow Balboa at the Intermediate and up level. Students will explore rhythmic variations and different styles of Slow Balboa, and learn to add playfulness and musicality to well known moves.

Prerequisites - Participants should have a firm grasp of:

Uphold and downhold basics, come arounds, and out and ins, at minimum. The workshop will build on these foundational moves, creating exciting combos and an easier use of momentum throughout the dance.

Schedule:

-Brush Up Your Basics-

Building more comfortable and efficient basics, and adding some sparkly styling to help your pure bal basic stand out.

-Momentum and Flow-

Exploring rhythmic variations throughout Slow Balboa.

-Dean Rafftery’s Slow Balboa-

Learn this classic variation of Slow Balboa made famous by Balboa dance legend Dean Rafftery.

Peter & Lauren are two dynamic instructors with over forty years of teaching experience between them. Their elegant style and smooth dancing stands out wherever they go, and their enthusiasm for teaching has made them crowd favorites around the world. Based in Seattle, they are highly in-demand, sharing their passion for the great classic dances of the Swing Era. Their classes and workshops are acclaimed for their clarity, humor and high spirits!

CLASSES ARE HELD AT GOTTA DANCE
17945 NE 65TH ST #100, REDMOND, WA 98052

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Jun
27

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Individual Voice in Lindy Hop Workshop: Style, Flow, Musicality
Jun
29

Individual Voice in Lindy Hop Workshop: Style, Flow, Musicality

Join Peter and Lauren for an exploration of personal expression and individual style in Lindy Hop. This three-hour workshop will give dancers the creative agency to investigate how they like to move as individuals and in partnership, as well as exploring the aesthetic styles of a broad range of original dancers. Students will be given the tools to be intentional about their movements and physical responses to music, giving each dancer access to the stylings and musical execution they’ve always wanted.

Schedule:

  • 12-1pm: Body Awareness & Mechanics: Why We Do What We Do

  • 1-2pm: Stylings Galore

  • 2-3pm: Musicality

• Prerequisites: Comfortable in 6-count and 8-count Lindy Hop. Can execute a variety of swing outs at slow, medium, and fast tempos. (Completion of Intro to Swing, Lindy 1, and at least one series of Lindy 2, or equivalent)

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Jul
11

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Swingin’ Luau - Friday Night Swing Dance
Jul
18

Swingin’ Luau - Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Haunted Hop - Friday Night Swing Dance
Oct
31

Haunted Hop - Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Jun
13

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Body Health for Social Dancers Workshop with Colleen Bickel PT, DPT, COMT
Jun
7

Body Health for Social Dancers Workshop with Colleen Bickel PT, DPT, COMT

Body Health for Social Dancers Workshop

Join physical therapist and professional dancer Colleen Bickel PT, DPT, COMT for this three hour intensive look into our own movement and health in social dancing. Often dancers are plagued by impairments that are not necessarily painful but adversely affect performance. By optimizing a dancer's body, we prevent injury by minimizing compensations that affect movement. (No partner required.)

This workshop is designed to:

-Improve understanding of anatomy and pathology as they relate to dance

-Demonstrate clear and effective tools with supporting education to prevent injury

-Refine performance by optimizing regions of the body

Students will work on:

-How to properly warm up/warm down before and after social dancing

-Injury Prevention & Healing

-Flexibility & Range of Motion

Saturday, June 7 2-5pm

Gotta Dance Studio

17945 NE 65th St, #100, Redmond, WA 98052

Register here: https://square.link/u/AMUr3uPp

(If costs are an issue, we have some scholarships available! Email contact@cloudlanddance.com to find out more!)

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Jun
6

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
May
30

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
May
23

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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How to Be a Swing DJ Workshop, In-Person and Online
May
18

How to Be a Swing DJ Workshop, In-Person and Online

Join seasoned DJs Lauren Smith & Peter Flahiff for a deep-dive into what it means to be a great DJ for swing dancers! This workshop is for aspiring and seasoned DJs alike! We will explore building playlists, facilitating a night of great social dancing, and playing for events and competitions.

More than just finding a “Swing Music” playlist on Spotify and hitting shuffle, a great Swing DJ brings a wide range of skills to the booth and creates an evening filled with irresistible tunes that practically compel everyone in the room to have a great time!

With literally thousands of hours of experience playing excellent music for swing dancers of all experience levels all around the world, Lauren and Peter will share with you how they approach everything: building a library, curating specific playlists, DJing for different events and dances, and so much more. Whether you want to learn to do it yourself, or are just curious about what goes on in the mind of a DJ, this workshop will be fun, informative, and full of great music!

Tune in virtually! We will set up a Zoom option for out-of-towners! We’ll send out a private Zoom link via email Thurs/Fri before the workshop. (You will be able to ask questions via the chat, but we ask that you remain muted.) If attending virtually, please register no later than 10am PST on April 19th or you may not receive your Zoom link in time!

When: Sunday, May 18, 2025 11:00am-1:30pm

Location: Lowdown Ballroom, Seattle and online via Zoom

Cost: $25

Register at: https://square.link/u/0FHM8hog

**This will NOT be recorded. We ask that you PLEASE not record any portion of this workshop. We've had classes stolen before, and would like to protect our intellectual property. Thank you for your understanding.

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Friday Night Swing Dance
May
16

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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“The Art Of Social Dancing” Discussion & Swing Social Dance
May
9

“The Art Of Social Dancing” Discussion & Swing Social Dance

Join veteran swing dancer and instructor Peter Flahiff for his internationally-acclaimed discussion, “The Art Of Social Dancing” Friday, May 9 at Cloudand Dance!

Drawing on thirty years of experience as a sought-after social dancer and teacher around the world, Peter shares amazing insights into what it means to be the best partner you can be, shedding light on many of the unspoken thoughts and fears we ALL have as dancers! It’s interactive and fun, full of stories and thought-provoking questions. Whether you’re new to the social dance world or you’ve been dancing for years, whether you’re on fire for dance or fighting through a plateau or burnout, this talk is for everyone!

Stay for the social dance after from 9:00-11:30pm! No drop in lesson this week

Art of Social Dancing is free with admission to the social.

Social Dance: $15

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance & Art of Social Dancing
May
9

Friday Night Swing Dance & Art of Social Dancing

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
May
2

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Apr
25

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Apr
18

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Apr
11

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Apr
4

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Follow Focus Intermediate/Advanced Balboa Workshop with Theresa Manney And Lauren Smith
Mar
29

Follow Focus Intermediate/Advanced Balboa Workshop with Theresa Manney And Lauren Smith

Join Theresa Manney and Lauren Smith for their Follow Focus Balboa Workshop, an exciting exploration of individual expression and technical nuance in partner dancing. This workshop will benefit primary follows, primary leads, and switch dancers alike!

Follows, learn how to style and add rhythmic variations to your dancing, exploring musical and connection ideas. Follows will gain the tools to communicate rhythmic and energy changes, and a variety of stylings to bring more personal flavor to their social and competitive dancing.

Leads, learn how to inspire and collaborate with your partner to bring about more conversational and enjoyable dances. Leads will learn the frameworks necessary to give their follow workable content to explore and stylize each dance.

Prerequisites: Completion of Balboa 1, and at least two series of Balboa 2. Comfortable adjusting techniques, moves, or styling choices for slow, medium, and fast songs. Ability to dance to songs as slow as 90 bpm and as fast as 220 bpm, while looking and feeling comfortable, fluid, and relaxed. Comfortable in the standard Balboa foundations at a variety of tempos, and able to stylize: lollies, toss outs, out and ins, Balboa swivels, and pure Balboa (crab walks, paddles turns, adlibs, etc.) Email contact@cloudlanddance.com with questions about prerequisites.

$50

10:00am-1:00pm Saturday, February 1

Hosted by Cloudland Dance

Location: Gotta Dance Studio

17945 NE 65th St # 100, Redmond, WA 98052

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Mar
28

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Mar
21

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Mar
14

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Mar
7

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Feb
28

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Feb
21

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Give a Little Love Fundraiser Dance for LA Fire Victims - Friday Night Swing Dance
Feb
14

Give a Little Love Fundraiser Dance for LA Fire Victims - Friday Night Swing Dance

We’re partnering with Rhythm Relief to come together as a dance community raising funds for and supporting the LA Fire victims. This cause is close to our hearts, as many of our dear LA area dance friends have lost their homes and sense of security, and Cloudland founder Lauren Smith's family home was damaged in the fires. All admission fees and funds raised will go toward helping our fellow dancers through this difficult rebuilding.

Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world.

New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Feb
7

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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Friday Night Swing Dance
Jan
31

Friday Night Swing Dance

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

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