Swing Dance Sydney

About us

Our classes and parties are held on the lands of the Wangal people of the Eora nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.

We were founded by Sam Carroll in 2012.

Our teachers have many years of experience teaching and dancing, and we invest in regular training for all our teachers.

We prioritise safe workplaces for all our staff (paid and volunteer!).

About our dances

We specialise in the dances of the swing and jazz eras. We love lindy hop, solo jazz, and rhythm tap.

We run weekly lindy hop classes and occasional parties.

ginners start at the beginning of each block in week 1 (Start dates: Saturday 18 April, Saturday 16 May, Saturday 13 June).

We dance because we love the music, and the music is GREAT.

About Sam Carroll (manager)

Sam (she/her) discovered lindy hop in 1998, and teaching in 2002. She takes a student-centered approach to classes, where teachers are a guide to learning.

While she likes to laugh, and thinks classes should be lots of fun, she's very serious about her own training and teaching. Sam takes lindy hop and solo jazz workshops several times a year, and travels regularly to learn from other dancers. She is eternally grateful for the time and energy given by the Black lindy hoppers of the swing era. Without them, we don't swing.
Sam's current passions are hip hop and wacking, taking weekly classes at DanceKool. She isn't any good at them yet, but that won't stop her trying.

Sam has a long professional history in the jazz dance world. She DJs each year in Sweden, Korea, and all over Australia, and has been involved in running some of the largest dance events in Australia. She teaches workshops for dancers on topics like DJing and technology for DJs, music and music history, and of course, dancing!