SFGate

I can't dance, but I learned how to Lindy Hop in Golden Gate Park

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 ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Lindy Hop Reunion storms Rochester as swing dance evolves for a whole new generation

When Mike Thibault finished high school in 1995, his graduation present from his grandparents was a series of ballroom dance classes. Thibault was an aspiring saxophonist, and he knew a slew of ...
Colorado Public Radio

Every night is a swing dance night in the metro area

Swing dancers take to the floor at Denver's Mercury Cafe. The origin of swing dancing goes hand-in-hand with the birth of jazz music. Take the Lindy Hop, the most popular form, which can be traced to ...
WKBW

There's Swing "Dance Fever" in Media thanks to "Medina Lindy in the Village"

MEDINA, NY {WKBW-TV} — When Phil Berry got hooked on swing dance he decided to bring it to Medina. It was a hit. He says "It really is something that is accessible to all ages. You don't have to be ...
The Brooklyn Paper

Swing state: Dance contest lindy hops into Grand Prospect Hall

They’ll make your dancin’ dreams come true! Brooklynites can get down with some of the world’s best swingers next weekend, when the American Lindy Hop Championships jitterbug their way onto the ...
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 ...
Jewish Journal

Lindy Hop puts swing in filmmaker’s step

In the new documentary “Alive and Kicking,” the world’s renewed interest in the Lindy Hop — popularly known as swing dancing — is presented as more than a series of improvised steps; it’s a ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah swing dancers, at home in coronavirus isolation, do the Lindy Hop in ‘End of the World’ video

Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support ...
Search Engine Land

Frankie Manning Google Doodle honors man behind “Lindy Hop” swing dance moves

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 ...
Hartford Courant

Let’s do the Lindy Hop: Here’s how you can swing with Hartford’s Underground dance club

On Wednesday nights, the old Underwood typewriter factory on Arbor Street in Hartford comes alive with the sounds of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington.