The monthly Bainbridge Swing dances at the Family Life Center in Chagrin Falls are a great opportunity to get out of the house, socialize, listen to some live music and get some exercise. Doors opens ...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed a sharp uptick in the popularity of country music. From artists like Jelly Roll getting their time in the sun, to crossover artists like ...
Swing on over to some local dance groups to learn about Lindy Hop, a dance with historical and cultural ties. SwingColumbus is a small, local swing dance group that mainly focuses on Lindy Hop, the ...
Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture recently announced a new series of dance lessons at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts in Yuba City. From Jan. 19 through Feb. 23, Midtown Stomp will be providing weekly ...
As two dancers clasp hands and spin across the dance floor, their movements perfectly correlate with a black-and-white video of the same dance being performed nearly 100 years before. Last Saturday, ...
The student-led social swing dancing club MSwing kicked off their first lesson and open dance of the winter semester Thursday, Feb. 10. Founded in 2015, the club has consistently provided a free, ...
Once a week in a small hall of a downtown church a group of amateur hoofers gather to keep a dance born on the streets of Harlem, but with its heart in Chuck Town, beating. Like the “secretive” ...
For students interested in dance, the University of Minnesota’s U-Swing club offers an educational space to explore swing dancing and its history. The group meets weekly, providing students with an ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Caleb Teicher’s “Sw!ng Out” at the Joyce Theater aims to bring swing onstage as it lives today in a program that’s part variety show, part hangout. By ...
Around Kansas City, there are both social dances and group classes that welcome beginners. Kansas City has been swinging since the 1930s and a vibrant dance community keeps the tradition active.
Clarinetist Benny Goodman was in the midst of a faltering national tour with his young orchestra when he arrived in Oakland late in the Depression-ridden summer of 1935 for a brief run at McFadden's ...