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Most of the time, when people think about Swing Dancing, they think about white teenagers in the 1950s, but Lindy Hop is part of the rich cultural heritage o...
The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
While the majority of swing dances began in African-American communities as vernacular African-American dances, some influenced swing-era dances, like Balboa, developed outside of these communities. "Swing dance" was not commonly used to identify a group of dances until the latter half of the 20th century.
17 lis 2023 · Swing dancing emerged during the Harlem Renaissance, a period of African American cultural revival in the 1920s and 1930s in New York City. Harlem's vibrant music scene, particularly at venues like the Savoy Ballroom, became the birthplace of swing.
4 lis 2021 · Swing dance was created and developed by Black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, building on many aspects of African-American dance, alongside their development of jazz and blues music. The 1920s, of course, were during the Jim Crow era–during segregation.
9 kwi 2017 · Filmmaker Susan Glatzer and swing dance legend Norma Miller discuss the new documentary Alive and Kicking. The film chronicles the birth, decline and renewal of American swing dancing.
26 sie 2012 · Of the eight dancers inducted into the International Lindy Hop Hall of Fame over the weekend, seven of them are African American, including Allen, Barbara Billups and the late...
