In the new documentary “Alive and Kicking,” the world’s renewed interest in the Lindy Hop — popularly known as swing dancing — is presented as more than a series of improvised steps; it’s a ...
No wonder local swing dancer Nick Davis has fallen hard for Lindy hop. It’s sexy, funny and fresh. It’s the most goddamn exhilarating movement I’ve seen. Watching a video of dancer Frankie Manning ...
Young tappers and venerable jitterbuggers are brushing off their dance shoes and getting ready for the third annual Masters of Lindy Hop & Tap festival, kicking off tonight at the Century Ballroom.
As snow mingles with rain this Tuesday evening, the door to Spare Time Northampton is cool to the touch. But inside the bowling alley’s City Sports Grille, the cracks of falling pins fade into the ...
What is it? The lindy hop, also known as the jitterbug, is an Afro-Euro-American swing partner dance that originated in Harlem in the 1930s. What's needed? Non-restrictive clothes and comfy shoes, ...
Robert Leach is back from 8 years in New Mexico and he brought with him the desire to keep his favorite hobby alive. Leach, a Scientific Programmer at the Center for Computational Research with Center ...
Michelle Miller, an award-winning journalist and author, is a co-host of "CBS Saturday Morning," where she covers a wide range of stories, anchors breaking news and handles newsmaker interviews.
Remember Swing Kids? Or Madonna's swing scene in A League of Their Own? Did it make you want to dance? If so, here's the perfect opportunity with a Swing/Lindy Hop crash course hosted by the Houston ...
If your thing is high-energy dance, set to the beat of bouncy pop standards, then you better bop over to the Hilton Stamford Hotel this weekend. Beginning Friday, Oct. 22, energetic dancers will ...
Norma Miller, a dancer, comedian and big-band singer whose acrobatic flips, slides, leaps and twists helped popularize the Lindy Hop dance craze of the 1930s and ’40s, earning her the title “Queen of ...