There's swing dancing, and then there's Lindy Hop. Don't know what Lindy Hop is? There may be no better way to find out than this weekend at the eighth annual Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, a festival ...

The jazz band is swinging hard as two Black dancers Charleston in the middle of a jam. The crowd roars as one kicks wildly in every direction and then drops into a jazz split. This isn’t 1922—it’s May ...

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 ...

This Black History Month, we recognize one of the most extravagant dances ever to exist, the Lindy Hop. The style born during the Harlem Renaissance has evolved to live on in its home neighborhood.

We loved seeing Remy Kouakou Kouame and Joshua Mclean perform during ILHC 2022. We can't wait for this year's energy and inspiration! Community building and intergenerational relationships are part of ...

MEDINA – Swing your way through the holiday season at the second annual “Cool Yule” themed Holiday Lindy Hop Swing Dance hosted by Medina Lindy in the Village. DJ Tommy Sprinkles from Swing Buffalo ...

As I follow the distant, brassy trill of a saxophone emanating from John F. Kennedy Drive, I take a deep breath, attempting to quell a feeling of mounting nervousness. It’s just before noon on a foggy ...

Lindy Hop is a Black dance born in Harlem in the 1920s. In the past decades it has been adopted by several dance communities around the world. In this episode of Rough Translation we travel to a dance ...

This article is a companion piece for the Rough Translation episode "May We Have This Dance." Listen to the story about how a dance traveled from Harlem to Sweden, and how Black dancers are reclaiming ...