Carras is an A&amp;E senior staff writer. She was previously the assistant editor for the Theater Film and Television beat of A&amp;E.

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Leah Phillips, a second-year physics student, and Ryan Roussel, a graduate student in physics, are members of The Swing Dance Club and lead a dance class on the 1920s-style dance. (Photo illustration by Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)

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Dance Break: Beginners take first steps to &#039;20s Harlem-style dancing at Swing Dance Club - Daily Bruin

Dance Break: Beginners take first steps to &#8217;20s Harlem-style dancing at Swing Dance Club

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Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through rehearsals at a daycare-like dance studio until the age of 8.

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Dance Break: Beginners take first steps to ’20s Harlem-style dancing at Swing Dance Club

By Christi Carras

Dec. 5, 2017 9:34 p.m.