Big-band music filled the air and dancers doing the Lindy Hop took to the dance floor for the 1940s Victory Dance at the Westminster Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 467 on the evening of Oct. 9. The ...
BRIGHOUSE will step back in time this week as the town’s 1940s weekend returns with music, dancing, vehicles and displays. Steven Lord, from organisers the Brighouse Business Initiative, said the ...
Frankie “Musclehead” Manning, a Harlem dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of the Lindy Hop, a breathlessly acrobatic swing dance style of the 1930s ...
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.
Lindy Hop is a dance that was born in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s — created and performed by African Americans in segregated clubs and dance halls. But today, one of the world's most vibrant Lindy ...
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.
First it was the introverted Finns coming out of their shells and dancing close to the Tango. Then, the shy Japanese getting into latin music and swing. Now it’s the Swedes getting into the Lindy Hop.
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. When visitors step into the recently renovated Savoy Denver, they’ll notice a lush mixture of art deco and ...
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates swing dancer Frankie Manning on what would have been his 102nd birthday. Know as the Ambassador of the Lindy Hop, Manning took swing dancing to new levels by ...
John Land has attended the New Orleans Swing Dance Festival & Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown every year since the event came to New Orleans a decade ago. This year, he will be hosting dancers from ...