Take note, jazz fans. And swing dance fans. And opera fans. And, oh yeah, ballet fans. St. Paul Ballet’s “Carmen in the 1920s” makes huge leaps in something-for-everyone crossover appeal. After all, ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Huntsville is doing its part to help revive a 1920s dance craze known as the Charleston. This weekend, more than 60 local swing dancers are scheduled to do the Charleston at ...

The noise of jazz fills the air, the arms and legs of every guest caught in its catchy rhythm. Colors flash around the ballroom, light reflecting off sparkly flapper dresses and multicolored ties. The ...

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” ...

What is swing dancing? Developed during the 1920s to 1950s, swing dancing features a group of dances in the swing style of jazz music. The most well-known of swing dances is the Lindy Hop, a mix of ...

Even those with two left feet can have a good time learning and dancing at two upcoming events that include lessons. Be on time and learn the Charleston at the 1920s Swing Dance from 8–10:30 p.m.

NASHUA – “Rock step, triple step, triple step” swing instructor Mike Hibarger says in rhythm to Glen Miller’s Tuxedo Junction. Students move from side-to-side in a dance style that dates as far back ...

Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through ...

IN FEBRUARY 1995, Brigham Young University hosted a Valentine’s dance with a big band theme. A live band played 1920s swing dance music. A similar dance style, country swing dancing, had become ...

Lindy Hop or Charleston, there's nothing cooler than tearing up the dance floor with the classic moves of "The Greatest Generation." Between the 1920s and 1950s Swing evolved, along with the jazz ...