About this vendor
Why sway when you can SWING?
Swing It Seattle specializes in swing dance, particularly for those who have done no dancing whatsoever. Our focus is on keeping things stress free and fun. Make your first dance a highlight of your big day!
Please note we exclusively teach SWING DANCE. Your first dance song must be of the swing variety for us to teach yo
Details
Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Music Genres
- Dance
- Jazz
Awards and Affiliations
2020 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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out of 5.015 reviews
We had Mark and Katie teach a swing class at our wedding reception! Mark was also MC and Djay. I couldn’t imagine anyone doing it better! They are fantastic instructors! Mark is a ...
fabulous MC and djay! Anyone’s event will be 10 times better with them! Our reception was killer!!!
We were very impressed with Mark's teaching. He is fun, engaging, and collaborative. Whenever we had an idea four our first dance, he executed with a perfect dance move that made u...
s look great, even though we're only beginner Lindy Hoppers. We couldn't recommend Mark more for private lessons for whatever the occasion!
Swing it Seattle did both a 30 minute lesson for our wedding, as well as DJing the event. We couldn't have asked for more. Having a 30 minute lesson was a GREAT ice breaker to our ...
audience of 5 or 6 separate circles, and our guests met people they would have never otherwise interacted with. Further, having that baseline dancing information (which is admittedly light, because it's a 30 minute lesson) helped the dancing get started in a very inclusive way. Instead of the weird 'okay everyone untz untz now', people were able to dabble with the skills they just picked up. I could not recommend it more.
As for Mark and Katie specifically, they were wonderful and gracious. Beyond the song list they asked for, there was very little that needed to be managed on our end ahead of time, and as far as I could tell, very little that needed to be managed from the event coordinator's perspective (although admittedly I was busy with other things that day).
Highly recommend Swing It Seattle for any wedding you want to have a little bit non-traditional with a Swing lesson. :)
Mark was so patient, creative, and fun to work with. I've never danced before in my life and he was able to get me out of my comfort zone and having a great time. Our first dance r...
ocked. Thanks again, Mark!!
Mark DJed and Emceed our wedding as well as taught a swing lesson at the reception and helped choreograph our first dance. We met with him beforehand to discuss music, ideas, and s...
ome light choreography for our first dance. We really enjoyed having that structure, and the guests enjoyed watching the swing dancing He was wonderful to work with, very responsive, and easy to get ahold of. He did an amazing job of keeping everything moving along at the wedding as well as bringing all the guests together to learn how to swing dance. We would definitely recommend him to anyone!
Mark is fantastic! Great teacher and fun to be around. He totally tailored the experience to what we needed. He gave my husband and I private dance lessons before our wedding an...
d then taught our guests how to swing dance at our wedding. It was a huge hit and we’re grateful for his positive energy and swing dancing expertise.
We hired Mark to be our Swing instructor for our first dance at our Wedding. He choreographed our dance and taught us weekly classes for 4 months before our wedding. He was also ou...
r DJ and music manager for the wedding. Our experience with Mark was exemplary. He was patient and encouraging when instructing us - always kind with his feedback. He was extremely diligent and highly effective at teaching. Our first dance was a huge hit at our wedding. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing for it with Mark. He was very professional and reliable during the wedding day. He did a 30 minute intro to swing class for our guests and everyone had a blast. We highly recommend Mark for a wedding for instructor, choreographer and DJ.
We got married at the Bellagio in Las Vegas where you can choose a song for the fountains. Watching other couples tie the knot and then stand there holding hands while the music p...
layed we thought - BORING! Let's DANCE! We chose a big band swing tune, found Mark, and 6 or 8 lessons later we were awesome! Most of our guests just said 'WOW!'
Mark loves what he does. He's super patient and makes it very easy for you. He'll make you look like a star.
We take lessons from Mark each year and get remarried at the Bellagio. Each year they play our song and my wife and I dance in front of the fountains just because it's so damn fun!! Thanks Mark!
After taking Lindy lessons with Mark previously, we knew we wanted him to choreograph a routine for our first dance when we got engaged. He was awesome to work with, gave us sugges...
tions for songs, and incorporated all the elements we requested into our choreography. The dance was so fun and it KILLED at our wedding! All our guests and even the bartender said it was the best first dance they had seen. Two different couples who attended our wedding later had Mark do their first dance too. Working with Mark was a great experience and made for one of the most memorable parts of our wedding!
My husband and I have taken many swing dancing lessons from Mark and Katie over the years and Mark helped us choreograph our first dance at our wedding. He’s fun, energetic, profes...
sional , and most of all his passion for music and dance is infectious! He’ll help you look great on the dance floor and learning with him will be a blast!
My (now) husband and I loved working with Mark on our 1st dance. We wanted to Wow our family & friends and Mark was fantastic! He’s patient and taught us so much in 5 lessons. I hi...
ghly recommend Mark to anyone wanting to learn or improve their swing. Looking back, it was a really fun part of the planning process and a good investment. We loved our weekly lesson and improved fairly quickly all due to Mark. Our guests were surprised how good we were (thanks to Mark)!
My wife and I had worked with Mark before in a couple of group lessons, however the individual attention that he gave to us during our private lessons was really something special....
Mark took his time and tailored the choreography to both our style and our skill level. He even helped us with out song selection and gave some really good pointers and cues to follow. Overall we very much enjoyed working with Mark for our first dance. For reference (and maybe inspiration) we danced to half of "Fly me to the moon" and then stepped it up to "Sing, Sing, Sing". It was a huge success! Thanks Mark
Mark is a man of many talents, not only did he help us with pre-wedding dance lessons, but he also provided a group swing dance lesson and DJd for us! A year later, our guests a...
re still telling us it was the funnest wedding they've been to.
Mark and Katie are amazing! We have taken their Swing dance classes before, and Mark's energy and happiness is infectious. We booked Mark for our first dance choreography and also ...
booked him to lead a 1-hour dance intro class for our guests at the reception (highly recommended, all my family and friends LOVED it). Mark was super helpful with suggestions for songs, and then did excellent choreography. He kept in mind our level of experience with the dance and was endlessly patient with us as we learnt how to memorize a whole dance (not something we've tried before). Our first dance and the intro lesson are still talked about by my friends. Thank you so much, Mark!
Mark and Katie were amazing! Mark gave us dance lessons in the lead up to our wedding. Our first dance was phenomenal! Katie and Mark then gave a short group dance lesson at our...
reception, which folks loved. Mark then DJed for the night, giving us swing music for the first few hours then, once the atmosphere evolved, more contemporary dance and party music. I would strongly recommend them for your even!
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Seattle, WA
Swing It Seattle