When the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing, so was swing dance. A century later, “Swing!” celebrates the music and the moves of this era of jazz. The musical, featuring well-known songs by artists ...
Penn Square was swingin’ Friday night. That was thanks to dancers with the Jazz Collective Lancaster and the musicians of Parlour Noir, a swing band from Philadelphia. Dancers did the Lindy Hop, more ...
The 92nd Street Y's Harkness Dance Center and local dance promoters Swing Dance Swing will host a dance on Saturday, November 10th featuring one of most fun and talented swing band's in New York, The ...
What do you get when you combine the precision of a tight jazz band with the acrobatic energy of a swing dance club? You can find out Saturday when that combination comes to the Centennial Student ...
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 ...
If the winter blues have settled in, a few holiday pounds just won't go away, or you've got a New Year's resolution to keep, swing dance events around Long Island may just be the answer. From ages 8 ...
Pink lights illuminated the dance floor in the lobby of the Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall at Santa Fe College on Friday night where about 50 lovers of swing dance turned out for a Valentine’s Day ...
A little more than a year ago, Ken Tyrolf accidentally became a dancer. “I was going to listen to a friend sing with a jazz band,” he said, recalling the night it happened. “I thought she was going to ...
There’s something irresistible about those infectious bebop rhythms from the big band swing era. They have a way of going through your ears and straight to your feet and even if you aren’t inclined to ...