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Film, Video & TV · Private and Corporate Events · Dance Camps, Workshops & Weekends · Private classes

Martin and the Swingland team are available for all sorts of functions and events - please contact us for details and prices.

Private Swing Dance tuition

We can provide private classes for individuals, couples and small groups. Private classes are particularly useful for :-

Wedding first dances
Private parties
Specialist training in Lindy hop and other dances of the Swing Era
Corporate Functions/Team building excersises

Previous clients include :-

The BBC
Naked Communications
TeachFirst
The Merlin School
Thomson Gold Holidays (specialist dance training)
MacDonald's
Abbey National

Film, Video & TV

Swingland specialises in the dances of the 1920s through to the 1950s, with particular emphasis on the Lindy hop and Jazz dances of the 1930s and 40s.

We are able to provide high quality specialist dancers for Film, Video and TV work as well as choreography.

Previous work includes :-

Dancing

Video - KT Tunstall - "Hold On" (Virgin Records)
Video - Goldspot - "Rewind" (Flynn Productions/Mercury)
Video - The Noisettes - "Sister Rosetta" (Universal Motown)
Film - "Piccadilly Jim" (Myriad)
Film - "Last of The Blonde Bombshells" (BBC)
TV - "Des O'Connor Tonight" (Thames TV)

Choreography

Student SkillSet Commercial - 1920s (Charleston) & 1950s (Lindy hop) choreography for this London College of Communication project in association with the Government's new SkillSet initiative.

Dance Camps, Workshops & Weekends

Martin is available for dance camps, workshops and weekends - as a teacher (either individually or with one of his regular teaching partners) and swing DJ.

Previous work includes :-

Rock Bottoms (teaching/Cabaret/DJ)
Swing's The Thing (teaching/Cabaret/DJ)
Rock The Block, Bylaugh (teaching/Cabaret/DJ)
The 500 Club (teaching, DJ)
Gangbusters (teaching, DJ)
Hellzapoppin' (DJ)
Herräng dance camp (DJ)
Camp Savoy (DJ)
Swing Jam (DJ)

Performance/Entertainment

Martin also choregraphs and trains the Lindy hop Performance Company Attic Cats which is available for all sorts of performances/entertainment.