Groove Juice Swing: Swing Dancing in Rochester, NY

April 18 2025: Lindy Hop Workshop w/ Gaby Cook

Touring with the Hot Toddies Jazz Band is world-renowned dance instructor Gaby Cook, who will be teaching a special hour and a half intermediate-and-above level Lindy Hop workshop right before the Gatsby Gala! 

Moves that Move, Moves that Groove!

In this workshop, Gaby shares fresh lindy vocab to encourage dynamic movement and challenge students' lead/follow skills. This sequence will include moves that balance zippy momentum with a groovin' half time feel.

Workshop will be 6:30-8:00pm, downstairs from the Rose Room in Studio Rosette.  Cost will be $30 preregistered

Register here!


Gaby _001Gaby Cook is an esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community. For 20 years, she has established her career performing and teaching for major swing dance festivals worldwide - including  Stompology,  Swing Out New Hampshire, Camp Hollywood, Beantown, Herräng Dance Camp, Lindy on the Rocks, Paris Jazz Roots and Lindy Focus. On stage, she is a principal dancer for the acclaimed "SW!NG OUT", which premiered at the Joyce theater (2021) and tours regularly. Other stage credits include: "Macy's Day Parade Live Broadcast" for Nickelodeon's Blues Clues (2022), "Swing's the Thing" with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (2023), "Decades of Dance" at the BET Soultrain Awards (2021), "Don't Mean a Thing" with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (2021) and many appearances in film and TV. She regularly advocates for lindy hop in industry dance communities and is consistently "on-call" with university dance programs (past: Julliard, Marymount, NYU, Columbia).

In New York, Gaby curates and teaches several swing dance programs, including Midtown Swing with AJ Howard. In class, she is playful, informative and honest. She prioritizes equality for followers and leaders in the classroom space - and has championed a movement first approach to teaching partnered dance content. Online at @gaby_cook


About Us

Groove Juice Swing, established in 2004, is based in Rochester, NY and specializes in Lindy Hop, the original form of swing dance from the 1920s and 1930s. Groove Juice Swing offers dance classes, weekly social dances, live band dance events, performances, and dance workshops throughout the year. Staff members and instructors are passionate about all things Lindy Hop, traveling all over the world to compete against and learn from the very best Lindy Hoppers. They bring that same commitment and enthusiasm to the dance community in Rochester.

Groove Juice Swing is a grateful recipient of the Monroe County JumpstARTS Grant Program.

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