Intermediate Class: 6:30-7:30 SWING OUT!
If you have some experience with swing dancing already and feel confident in your swing out, join us for the intermediate class.  If you're not even sure what the swing out is or know you can pick it up fast, contact us and we can arrange a private class for you at 5:30.

Beginner: 7:30-8:30 Drop-In Friendly Class
We'll have you swingin' in no time!  Come one, come all, and bring your friends!  You don't need to have ANY experience with swing at all to join the newbie class, and we try our best to make it different every time.


Price:  $5 for Expats, $2.50 for local Cambodians.                                                         
First lesson FREE!

Although we have been enjoying a giant surge in leaders and there is usually a 1:1 ratio of leaders to followers, ladies are encouraged to bring a gentleman..or two!.  Gals, please try to find a fella to bring to class.  This is not your dance partner...just a way to balance out the class and make it more fun for everyone.  If you can't find one, no worries...come anyway!

Also:  If you are interested, private lessons are available (contact us at mama.swing@gmail.com), and of course everyone is welcome to join us for social swing dancing at Equinox every Thursday night starting at 9:00.  Spread the word!

...but all good things must come to an end.  Sigh.

Brian showed up on our dance floor one night and rocked our lindy world.  A passionate blues dancer and lindy hopper from Argentina, Brian instantly became a devoted member of our little swing scene.  We still can't believe he has only been swing dancing for TWO YEARS... WHAT?!?!  We guess his lessons in tango, rock, and what he describes as "some experience with Latin rhythms" really paid off.

He not only danced his heart out at every single swing event in the 6 weeks he was with us, but he fine tuned us with his technically rich lessons week after week.  He also lit a blues fire while he was here, and we have every intention of keeping it burning after he's gone.  Thanks, Brian!

From all of us at Phnom Penh Pswings...Brian, we will miss you.  Everyone loves you and hopes that someday soon you will come back to visit us on the dance floor.  See you in Argentina!


Brian has been collaborating with the "Blues Playground BA" since its beginning and has participated in various dance blues recitals with Sandra Vazquez, "Christina Dall y Excipientes" in the Centro Cultural Julián Centeya, and international festivals like LHAIF and BBE. Some of his swing teachers are Ernesto Biggeri, Mariel Gastiarena, Ricky Biggeri, Gastón Fernandez and Maxi Prado.

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Patrick and Natasha founded their dynamic partnership in 2007, while training with the champion team the Swinging Air Force and working at Studio 88-SWING in Montreal. They have since acquired extensive performance, competition, teaching and coaching experience. 
 
Their talent and reputation as dancers and teachers was noticed by the Cirque du Soleil, who hired them to train artists of their show "Banana Shpeel" in the art of Swing aerials.
Patrick and Natasha have appeared in several Canadian television shows; La Vie est un Cirque, La Culture pour ou Contre, Ben et Jarrod, Relève en Folie, and L'heure de Gloire.  They have even found themselves replicated hundreds of times for a Sam Roberts video clip ''Them kids''.

They just recently came back from ILHC with a 1st place in the All-Star J&J for Natasha, a 2nd place in the Balboa J&J for Patrick and a 2nd place in the Showcase division together.  They have won podium titles at ILHC, Camp Hollywood, ALHC, Boston Tea Party, Lindy Focus, Lindy on the Rocks, Swingtime in the Rockies, Swinging New England, Beantown Camp, Followlogie, New Year's Dancin' Eve, Toronto Open Swing Dance Competition, the Canadian Balboa Championships, and the Canadian Swing Championships.

You’ll surely enjoy their enthusiam, humour and their clear and detailed teaching methods in addition to Patrick’s cute French accent and Natasha’s friendly smile.  Join them at one of their workshops hosted all over the world...and in Phnom Penh this weekend!

Check out their free on-line classes on their blog http://BuildingTheCommunity.PatrickAndNatasha.com
Or get to know them more on their website http://PatrickAndNatasha.com.

                                                                                                          Bio courtesy of http://PatrickAndNatasha.com

Janice Wilson insists that only 'pussies' don't sit back ahead of the first beat and give a really strong pull throughout the first two beats. Janice intimidates her classes into doing what she wants, and puts terror into the hearts of all the men with her constant 'are you man enough?' ways.

Janice Wilson, the winner of the 1998 American Swing Dance Championships, has gone on to win 11 local, regional and national titles. An internationally sought after instructor, she has choreographed both music videos and television commercials and toured with various groups, most recently the Big Band Musical Revue, Forever Swing featuring Michael Bublé as well as Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

Want to watch her dance?  Check this out: http://www.paoloswings.com/Media/paolo&janicecollection.mov

People are still talking about the 3-Hour Lindy Crash Course Janice taught on November 6th at Gasolina.  The phrase commonly heard after the workshop was "tough love".  We're all looking forward to our next beating on Saturday, March 26th, 2-5pm at Gasolina Bar & Restaurant, #56-58, Street 57

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We are super excited to have our guest LEAD instructor back again--this time for our FOURTH Swing Out Weekend!  Ben's roots are in Oregon, USA.  He started swing dancing six years ago and the Lindy Hop was his first dance class.  While at Oregon University, he joined the Cool Shoes performance team.  He later moved to South Korea and became president of Daegu's Swing & People.  He lives in Thailand now and has been teaching swing at Bangkok's Rumpuree World Dance Studio since 2009.  Ben has taught Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and Charleston, and he has choreographed performances for swing club parties, wedding, and Salsa Bangkok 2008 and 2009.

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We HEART Stephane Laporte!

Phnom Penh Pswings has been hugely supported by the Saigon Swing Cats, and Stephane Laporte was one of the original Ho Chi Minh City swingers to help us kick off our swing scene.  Therefore it is fitting that he joined us again one year later to celebrate our birthday with a swing workshop on musicality.

Stéphane has been dancing all sorts of dances since the age of 16, from French Jive to Cuban Salsa through Capoeira. But the only coupled dance he stuck with was Swing. Even though he has been travelling for the past years, he made a point to learn wherever he lived, allowing him to meet amazing dancers during his prolonged stays in Rio de Janeiro, New York, Paris and Hong Kong. Now based in Vietnam where he teaches Lindy Hop, he's delighted to share his passion with his fellow swing dancing neighbours!

This past March, we had the pleasure of hosting our first MALE guest instructor, JOSHUA DOMINICK of Swing Beijing!

Josh has been swing dancing in China since 2006.  He is a versatile instructor and performer of lindy hop, balboa and blues.  This lesson was a wonderful opportunity, especially for the guys!  Josh focused on leading the swing out and improving connection with your partner. 









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