Imagine sashaying into a night club, looking to get down to some thumping electro, only to hear swing music from the 1930s. That's just what you'd hear if you happen into a club where the band Caravan ...

“Swing!,” which opens tonight at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, is a dance show. But not the way “A Chorus Line” or “West Side Story” or “Chicago” are dance shows. While those musicals may feature some ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. On December 9, at 8 pm, Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts will ...

18-piece Big Apple Pops busts big band jams on Lorenzo's dance floor Sometimes you have to get out on the high seas to find your way. That's how theater buff Bob Williams and veteran tenor sax player ...

NORTHAMPTON — Every year since 2006, Mark Gionfriddo has been the driving force behind “The Big Broadcast,” a live radio show ...

The Salisbury Swing Band will be back again this year to perform before the annual Pops at the Post concert. Under the direction of Dr. Steve Etters, the band is comprised of 19 members. The swing ...

Dance historians who research such things credit American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway for coining the term “jitterbug.” In 1934, he recorded a lively tune, “Jitter Bug,” that some credit ...

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Swing bands, and the couples who moved across the dance floor to those popular tunes, ruled the roost in Westchester in the 1930s and 1940s, with hundreds of dancers showing up for a night out at Glen ...

Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...