Just wanna Dance! West Coast Swing is Vancouver's hottest venue for West Coast Swing dances brought to you monthly by VanSwingThing.

Greg van Wijk will be our deejay for our next dance on May 19th. Come dance to the great new tunes that Greg is so well known for, as well as his eclectic mix of West Coast Swing favourites.

Ian Kirkconnell will be our instructor for our next intermediate level workshop. This workshop will continue what Ian taught us in June and October about how the pros turn basic moves into something really exciting! Ian will demonstrate this by showing us how to get creative when exiting from well known basic patterns. This workshop series will appeal to leaders hoping to improve their technique and timing to lead cool exits. Followers will benefit by learning to improve their technique to handle these surprises.

If you'd like to bring a friend who doesn't know West Coast Swing, or you'd like to polish your own skills to dance all night, try the Beginner Plus workshop with Michael Jones. Students in his workshops are frequently seen having fun and dancing late into the night after only one lesson.

Make a difference to your dance by attending a VanSwingThing workshop! You can register in advance for either class online by clicking on the yellow oval at the top of this page.

Join us at the friendliest, most non-intimidating dance in town! Everyone is welcome, whether you are an advanced dancer, a newbie, or somewhere in between. We offer a friendly, non-intimidating environment to help you enjoy and share our passion for this dance. We have some experienced dancers on hand to help you, or if you'd just like to have a dance with one, feel free to ask them for a dance. You'll know them when you see them; they're wearing big smiles and lime green t-shirts with "DANCE WITH ME" on the front. Kinda hard to miss!

You'll find that most of the dancers here are very friendly and encouraging, and that they'll dance with anyone that asks them. The odds are they'll come around and ask you if you don't. We usually have dancers come visit us from out of town so you'll see new faces here too. We frequently hear "I love how everyone dances with everyone here".

See you there!

Future Dates

• May 19th, 2012
• June 16th, 2012
• July 21st, 2012
• August 18th, 2012
• September 22nd, 2012
• October 20th, 2012
• November 17th, 2012
• December 15th, 2012
• January 19th, 2013
• February 16th, 2013
• March 16th, 2013
• April 20th, 2013
• May 25th, 2013

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