Friday evenings 7:30-10pm
Trinity hall, Huntly Place, Inverness IV3 8HA
Admission £6 - All profit goes to charity
💃 No need to register, just drop in and join in! 🕺
We're a friendly group of people who just enjoy dancing.
Modern Jive is easy to learn and footwork is simple. No experience is necessary as all moves can be done in any order.
Modern jive is a dance style developed in the UK during the 1980s based on a style of jive that evolved in France after World War II when American dances such as the Jitterbug were popular. It is derived from West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock & Roll, Salsa and various other dance styles. The main difference between it and the faster Ballroom Jive of the 1930s & 40s is the simplification of footwork by removing syncopation such as chassé.
Modern jive can be danced to a wide variety of tempos and music, and moves can be danced in any order depending on which handhold or other connection the lead is using.
Note: Ceroc is a franchise that teaches modern jive, which is so successful that the name has become synonymous with the type of dance - in much the same way as people say they are doing the hoovering while pushing around a Dyson vacuum cleaner!
Highland Charity Jive is an informal group run entirely by volunteers. No one gets paid and everyone pays the same entrance fee. We are not a charity, our group name derives from the fact that all our profits are gifted to local charities.
Highland Charity Jive was formed in 2017 (after Ceroc pulled out of Inverness) in order to provide a venue in Inverness for people to learn and dance modern jive.
Modern Jive is easy to learn and footwork is simple. No experience is necessary as all moves can be done in any order.
You don't need to come with a partner, everyone swaps round and experienced dancers are happy to dance with beginners.
All ages 18+ are welcome and as it can be danced at a slow speed there’s no upper age limit!
No partner required as we all swap round so that newcomers get to dance with experienced dancers who will help them learn.
£6 per evening or £20 for the block of 4 weeks. Pay cash on the door.
Doors open 7:15pm, lesson starts 7:30pm followed by freestyle dancing
Ladies - wear shoes that will slide on the floor as you need to be able to turn without risking hurting your knees. Trainers are too grippy for you to be able to spin!
Go on, come along and give it a try.
Culcabock & Drakies Community Hall will be closed for refurbishment for a few weeks.
Our venue for classes until Friday 12th December 2025:
Trinity Hall, Huntly Place, Inverness IV3 8HA
Our venue until 12th December 2025:
Trinity Life Hall