Freestyle Swing Classes

This series introduces you to JohnnieRay’s innovative Freestyle Swing method. His goal is to get you up and dancing together on the first class! Without footwork or counting, you and your partner learn to connect through your hands, leaving your feet free to dance to music of all kinds. In just four weeks, at the close of Beginning One, you will not only have ten to twelve moves at your command, but will have easy ways to put them together to flow on the dance floor.

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Freestyle Bal Swing Classes

Traditional Balboa is a dance that originated on Balboa Island in Newport Beach, California in the thirties. Evolving out of the Charleston, it is a close dance that employs simple, repetitive footwork and is danced to fast music. Preferably Boogie Woogie!

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Private and Group Lessons

If you and your partner would prefer to learn Freestyle Swing or Freestyle Bal Swing in the privacy of your own home … or with a group of friends …or if your church, club, or neighborhood would like to form a class … this option is for you! Johnnie will set up his equipment in your chosen space and offer a discount for all pre-paid students. Host couple is eligible for free lessons.

Dancin In A Weekend

Don’t have the time or the right schedule for an evening class? How about learning in a weekend? With Freestyle Swing, it can be done! In this option, you will learn the same ten moves as the Introductory Freestyle Class in just two days. The format is two one-and-a-half hour sessions on Saturday and two more on Sunday with a generous lunch break in-between sessions each day. If you want to cap your success off with a great party, Johnnie is available to DJ at a discounted rate.

Dancin In A Day

Just have a day? You can still learn to connect and master six great moves! That’s enough to get you started and feeling comfortable on the dance floor. This one-day workshop of two one-and-a-half–hour sessions can be held on either a Saturday or Sunday.