“Balboa Swing” world record set in Newport Beach with 1,000-plus dancers doing iconic move

The dance was born in Newport Beach and became popular in the 30s at the Rendezvous Ballroom at the Balboa Pier. Now, it’s in ...
The Lantern

Swing dance has a home in Columbus with local dance groups

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 ...
The New York Times

What It Means to Have That West Coast Swing

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A wave of viral videos highlight a style that participants call addictive and innovative. Descended from the Lindy Hop, it has few traditional markers ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Want to learn to swing dance in Kansas City? Here's where to take your first steps

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.
Columbia Daily Spectator

Harlem Dance Exchange celebrates a century of swing

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 Inlander

Woodside Swing provides both community and education for Spokane-area swing dancers

Like many sports, dance can present several barriers to access, especially for adults. For example, most ballerinas start out at a very young age, which means the form is especially unwelcoming to ...
The Inlander

Five nights of fantastic dance in Spokane, for everyone from beginners to fleet-footed experts

When music, communication and touch meld together, they become dance. For as long as people have been walking, they've been dancing, and a good amount of them seem to enjoy dance more. There's a good ...
Post and Courier

Charleston dance club keeps people swingin' to the dance with the city’s name

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” ...
The Journal News

Young dancers spark swing dance revival at Lucy's Garage in Pleasantville

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 ...
WBUR

Inside the social clubs keeping swing dancing alive in Boston

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. When it comes to cardio workouts, swing ...
Newsday

Swing dancing is in the groove on Long Island

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 ...