Note: We are SOLD OUT of Full Weekend passes for the Ben Morris Workshops! However….You can still buy passes for the Saturday musicality intensive, the 7pm Saturday workshop, and the 8pm Saturday dance for 1/28/23. We do have a standby list in case someone can’t attend on Sunday. If you want to get on that list, please talk to someone at the registration desk. Note: Everything happening this weekend is at Colorado Dancesport in Littleton. Don’t go to the North location which used to be Zenergy.
Ben Morris Denver Workshop Weekend 2023
January 28 & 29, 2023
Man, have I got a surprise for you! The WINNER of the 2022 US Open Class Division and WCS legend Ben Morris is coming to Colorado for an entire weekend of west coast swing workshops!
One of the most sought-after WCS instructors in the world, this will be Ben’s 4th time teaching in Denver, and you absolutely do not want to miss it.
What amazing things do you have planned?
4 Workshops + 2 hr Musicality Intensive (optional)
- Signature Morris Moves & Styling
- Starting Your Dance Like a Champion
- How to Kick A$$ to Blues Music
- Let’s Ride: Secrets & Technique to a Good Ride
- Lego Blocks: Building Your Dance to the Music (Optional two-hour musicality intensive for $25)
What Else?
- Late night WCS social dancing Sat night @ Dancesport (Free with full weekend pass purchase) with DJ MK (MaryKelley Floyd), DJ Marsha (Marsha Carnahan), and DJ Frizz (Lizzy Spann)
- Social Dancing on Sunday night with DJ Lene (aka Jalene Haramia) (Free w/Weekend pass)
- WCS Improv Demo(s) with BenMo & All-Star Lizzy Spann
- Video recaps of each workshop/intensive
- FREE Big Daddy's Pizza on Sunday with Full Weekend Pass Purchase (gluten free option available)
Workshop Details

- Signature Morris Moves & Styling – Not too much theory, think unique moves and fun styling
- Starting Your Dance Like a Champion – You’ll talk about the purpose of the starter step, but then go beyond it to other ideas, alternatives, more advanced ideas to start on a nice foot and segue into the dance
- How to Kick A$$ to Blues Music – This will be all about how Ben likes to listen to blues music and how he listens to it differently than contemporary music while including some theory and some specifics of what he likes to do to blues music, and why
- Let’s Ride: Secrets & Technique to a Good Ride – How to make them work, how to be more creative, and how to have fun rides
- Lego Blocks: Building Your Dance to the Music (two-hour separately ticketed musicality intensive for only $25) – How Ben likes to progress his dance to the music, starting with feeling the overall vibe, playing with phrase changes, getting into details, etc.
Lego Blocks: Building Your Dance to the Music
2 Hour Musicality Intensive ($25 extra)

Saturday Jan, 28th 2023, 4-6pm @ Colorado Dancesport
You’re going to learn how BenMo, one of the best Jack & Jill & strictly dancers on the planet, progresses his dance to the music. You’ll learn how to feel out the overall vibe of the song, how to play with phrase changes, and how he constructs his dance “off the fly” like the bad @$$ dancer that he is (Jonathan’s words lol).
Interested in attending this intensive? Make sure to choose one of the Musicality ticket options above.
Pricing
Cost below is for 4 workshops, Saturday & Sunday social dances, BenMo improv demo(s), and pizza party. The optional 2 hour musicality intensive is $25 extra.

We’ll have 100 weekend passes available, and here are the costs:
- $69 for the first 20 buyers. Sold out
- $79 for the next 20 Sold out
- $89 for the next 20 Sold out
- $99 for the next 20 Sold out
- $109 for the remaining 20 Sold out!
Will you be selling individual workshops or dance entrance?
If we don’t sell out, individual workshops can be purchased for $25 at the door via cash or Venmo. The Saturday night social dance can be purchased for $10 regardless of whether we sell out.
Am I "good enough" to attend these workshops?
Maybe you’re thinking, “This all sounds great, Jonathan, but do I need to be an advanced dancer to take these classes?” Absolutely not! If you’re comfortable with your 6 & 8 count basics (sugar push, left & right side pass, tuck, whip, reverse whip), then you’re good! Don’t know one of those yet? Find a place that has beginner WCS classes prior to the event!
No matter if you’re a novice or an all-star, everyone can get something amazing from Ben Morris.

Workshop Weekend Schedule
Saturday, Jan 28th
Colorado Dancesport
5120 S Lowell Blvd
Littleton, CO 80123
- 4-6pm: Lego Blocks: Building Your Dance to the Music (This intensive is $25 extra! Can be purchased above ^)
- 7-8pm: Kickoff workshop, Signature Morris Moves & Styling
- 915pm: Improv Demo with Ben Morris & All-Star Lizzy Spann
- 8pm – 1230am: Elevation WCS Social Dance (FREE with Full weekend pass) with DJ MK (MaryKelley Floyd), DJ Marsha (Marsha Carnahan), and DJ Frizz (Lizzy Spann)
Sunday, Jan 29th
Colorado Dancesport
5120 S Lowell Blvd
Littleton, CO 80123
- 1pm-2pm: Starting Your Dance Like a Champion
(15 minute dance break)
- 215-315pm: How to Kick A$$ to Blues Music
(15 minute dance break)
- 330pm – 430pm: Let’s Ride: Secrets & Technique to a Good Ride
(End of workshops)
- 4:30pm: FREE BIG DADDY PIZZA + Ben Morris Improv Demo! Free with Full Weekend Pass Purchase! Provided by Jonathan (gluten free pizza & salad will be available).
- 5pm to 9pm: Social Dancing with DJ Lene (aka Jalene Haramia), and possibly MK and Marsha if they’re both available. Included in weekend pass or $10 at the door for those who don’t have a pass.
About Ben Morris

Ben actually began swing dancing at the age of 12 after moving to…you guessed it…Denver, CO.
In addition to being crowned the most recent Class Division winner at the US Open, Ben is also a Champion Lindy Hopper, a two-time World Swing Dance Champion, three-time U.S. Open Swing Dance Champion, Spirit of Lindy Hop award winner, California Swing Dance Hall of Fame award winner, and was a featured dancer in “Love N’ Dancing” and Leann Rimes’ music video “Swingin.”
Affectionately nicknamed “BenMo,” Ben’s renowned for his unique style, infectious personality, and entertaining workshops.
And on January 28th and 29th, he’s coming to Denver to teach YOU. That’s right, BenMo will be delivering 4 hours of epic workshops over the weekend along with a special 2-hour intensive on Saturday.
Refund/Exchange Policy
If for some reason you get sick or are injured leading up to the event, we can credit the cost of your pass towards a future WCS Masterclass Event. We usually have 2-3 WCS pros come out to Denver every year to do workshops and intensives. Note: We do not issue full refunds.