Performance
Lindy Hop is an amazing, high-energy, entertaining dance, and so performance is the perfect way for you and your guests to enjoy it. Whether as a single couple or the visual spectacle of The Hotfoot Strutters dance troupe, we can perform several routines in a variety of styles to provide that special something at your event.
We’ve performed for companies like Hermés, Vogue, Universal Pictures, Ernst and Young, the BBC, ITV, QVC, New College Oxford and even at Buckingham Palace, so you can be sure of our professional attitude and exceptional abilities.
Lessons
What better way to get people dancing with your live band, or as an icebreaker so your guests can get to know each other, than learning how to dance like a jitterbug from the 40s or a flapper of the 20s. Whether a birthday or hen party, a wedding, or a corporate function, a swing lesson can get everyone up, moving and having a ball.
Swingcopation have taught lessons at many iconic music festivals like Secret Garden Party and Bestival, for companies such as Cancer Research UK and the Marriot Hotel Group, as well as dozens of private parties and weddings.
Vintage Music
Whether it’s the distinctive crooning of Louis Armstrong, killer rhythms of Count Basie or the catchy numbers by Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, swing music is happy, energetic, and has wide appeal for all generations. It’s impossible to not want to jump up and dance! Swingcopation can DJ a set or entire evening and cater it specifically to your needs. Flappers and Gangsters event? 1920s hot jazz coming right up. Wartime theme? Big Band swing is the thing to do!
We’ve played all over town at events like the Blitz Party, and venues such as Proud Cabaret and the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
Choreography
At Swingcopation we not only have great dancers, but also experienced choreographers. Whether for TV, film, or a stage show we will be able to create original and authentic dancing that is historically accurate and amazing to watch. We specialise in dances anywhere from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s like Lindy Hop and Charleston, to early 1900s animal dance fads and one-step ballrooming.
Previous choreographies have been created for Call the Midwife (BBC), The History of the Big Bands (touring show), Hermés’ Swinging Silk (Vogue Fashion Night Out), Virgin’s ‘V Festival’ TV spot, Marcella Puppini (of the Puppini Sisters) music video, and all the routines of London’s finest Lindy Hopping troupe The Hotfoot Strutters.
First Dances
Your first dance as a married couple should reflect your personalities and bring joy to you and your guests. We can teach you some simple swing moves to your favourite song, or choreograph a routine to dazzle and impress. The scope is up to you!
Several packages are available, see our Getting Married page for more details.
Hen Parties
Want to do something a little different for your hen party? Leave the ‘L’ plates at home, come and learn some 1920s Charleston in style before heading out and hitting the town instead. We will organise studio hire, a routine for you to learn, and leave you with some great moves to bust out at one of the vintage nights in London, or even at the wedding!
We’ve taken over 50 hen parties on a vintage flapper escapade, and all have been over the moon! 1930s/40s/50s themes available on request also.