Seattle West Coast Swing Workshops with Kristin Zins and Social Dance with DJ Koby

Name: Seattle West Coast Swing Workshops with Kristin Zins and Social Dance with DJ Koby
Start: 2026-01-18T14:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-18T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Seattle Swing Dance Club

Schedule

Sun Jan 18 2026 at 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Seattle Swing Dance Club | Seattle, WA

Join us on SSDC Sunday January 18, 2026 for:
- WCS workshops with Kristin Zins, visiting from Bellingham, WA
- Come early for Open Practice (2h before workshops start, free for members)
- FREE one-hour newcomer West Coast Swing class with Lan VoBa. Invite your friends & family to start or learn the opposite role if you know WCS basics
- Three hours of social dancing with DJ Koby
Check the most current event details on our website: https://seattleswingdanceclub.com/ssdc-sundays/2026/01/seattle-west-coast-swing-kristin-zins
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ABOUT OUR GUEST: Kristin Zins
Kristin Zins is a dancer based in Bellingham, Washington. She brings teaching experience from her elementary classroom into all of her dance classes. She started teaching tango and fusion dancing in the fall of 2013. She fell in love with West Coast Swing in 2015 when she attended her first Easter Swing. Since then, she has continued to attend events, learn, and dance whenever possible. Kristin currently teaches at Elevate Swing (Lynden, WA) and runs a weekly practice group.
Video of Kristin dancing: [Aaron Nuno & Kristen Zins - JnJ Advanced Semifinals - Desert City Swing 2024](

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Tentative SCHEDULE:
2:00 pm Open Floor Practice- practice solo or bring a partner. Need a space to teach a private lesson? - feel free to use the space, no floor fee. Try our Facebook Practice Club group to look for partners! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1493145055389509
3:30 pm Register, warm up, and volunteer to set up
4:00 pm Intermediate WCS Workshop with Kristin: “Invitations for Fun Footwork”. This class will focus on leading invitation moments to allow for the extension of patterns and fun footwork.
Prerequisite: No WSDC points required to attend. Make sure you are comfortable with all basic patterns and a few variations (Push, Pass, Tuck, Whip).
5:00 pm All Levels WCS Workshop with Kristin: “Timing Changes”. In this class we will play with changing our baseline rhythms to elevate the level of our basic patterns.
Prerequisite: Know basic patterns (Push, Pass, Tuck, Whip).
5:30 pm FREE 1 Hour Beginner Lesson with Lan VoBa (upstairs)
6:00 pm Social dance starts, with DJ Koby
9:00 pm Social dance ends & volunteer to clean up
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PRICING
Dance admission included with purchase of 1 or more workshop! We also honor affiliated swing club memberships.
Only credit card (including apple/google pay) accepted on-site.
Members
$30 Two 1-hour workshops and dance
$20 One 1-hour workshops and dance
$10 Dance only
FREE Open Practice
Guests
$35 Two 1-hour workshops and dance
$25 One 1-hour workshops and dance
$15 Dance only
$5 Open Practice
Qualifying WSDC All Stars and recent SSDC staff get free dance admission. Please check in at front desk.
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VOLUNTEER Discounts:
Your support of the 100% volunteer-run club for just an hour gets you a workshop discount and the dance for FREE! Thank you for your time and effort for our 501(c)(3) organization.
Sign up here to earn discounts:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B4FA4AD28A6FD0-60757612-ssdc#/
$15 off your entire cart for Members, includes social dance
$10 off your entire cart for Guests/non-members, includes social dance