4th Friday Swing Dance at Dance Wise

About this event

Join us on the 4th Friday of February at Dance Wise Studio in Uptown Phoenix for an East Coast Swing dance lesson followed by a social dancing - East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag, and more! Plus, learn the Shim Sham!

Dancewise Dance Studio: 5555 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 8:00-8:30pm: East Coast Swing dance lesson 8:30-10:30pm: Dance to Swing DJs 9:30pm - 9:45pm: Learn the Shim Sham Line Dance All ages welcome, no partner needed. $15 (class cards available to bring the price down to $11).

Steve Conrad is the founder and director of the Arizona Lindy Hop Society and has been teaching Lindy Hop and swing dancing for more than 26 years. He has traveled around the world teaching with tours across the US, Europe, and China. His first Lindy Hop teacher was the legendary Frankie Manning and Steve produced the Arizona Swing Jam workshop with Frankie in AZ for 14 years until Frankie's passing at age 94. Steve was featured on ABC's "The Bachelorette", HGTV's "House Hunters", Arizona Highways TV, and NBC's "Little Big Shots: Forever Young". Steve helped lead a pilot program for teaching ballroom dance to people experiencing homelessness at the Human Services Campus in Phoenix and has used dance as a healing modality for children in the foster care system by teaching for Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona. In 2021, Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego declared April 29th "Steve Conrad Day" for his contribution to dance and the arts in Phoenix.