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.

What is it? The lindy hop, also known as the jitterbug, is an Afro-Euro-American swing partner dance that originated in Harlem in the 1930s. What's needed? Non-restrictive clothes and comfy shoes, ...

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 ...

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She was known as the Queen of Swing, a dancer who helped make famous the lindy hop, a fast-paced, acrobatic dance popular during the Big Band era of the 1930s and 1940s. Suggested Reading Why Trump’s ...

A vibrant 90-year-old authentic jazz dance that originated in the Savoy Ballroom in New York is making a comeback on dance floors around the world. The reason for lindy hop's recent renaissance is the ...

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 ...

The Lindy Hop, a dance invented in ballrooms of Harlem during the 1930s, has seen a huge revival around the world in the last 10 years. Today, you can Lindy Hop in just about any city. Tokyo and Osaka ...