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One question we frequently get from level 1  students is "where can I get music good for practicing"? The easy answer is to look for swing era jazz. Jazz from the 1930s. Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb. Great artists from the swing era but the library of m ...

Musicality is one of the most important elements of the dance we all do, but it’s also the most difficult element to teach. Some people believe that it’s something you either have or you don’t, but this is simply not true. It is, however, more difficult to illustrate because it involves traini ...

When any dancer decides they would like to pursue Lindy Hop more seriously they inevitably want to "get good" really quickly, and through this desire many people fall prey to comparing themselves to other dancers. The fact of the matter is that some people learn faster than others; I would like to ...

When I started DJing for swing dancers I was pretty nervous. Like most beginner DJs I worried that I'd play a song and the dancefloor would clear. At a swing dance, all attention is on the music and if it isn’t right, it’s your fault as a DJ. It feels like a strangely vulnerable position to put ...

Since late 2013, I have had the pleasure to work with a group of fabulous dancers in the troupe That Swing! Many of us felt that working towards a big goal would help push our dancing and to help us to develop as a team. No one from our city had ever taken a team to the International Lindy Hop Cham ...

In the months leading up to September the new partnership at the helm of Bees Knees Dance has been all abuzz. From finding our new home(s), to getting the word out, to deciding the new fee structure, we've done our best to really maintain what makes BKD an amazing school and introduction to the Swin ...

Last edition, Buzz Blogger Kris gave us some insight on coming to Swing Dance with a ballet background. No matter what your dance background is, there are likely to be unique challenges ahead. Here’s my perspective on starting swing dancing as an adult, having never danced a step in my life.

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