(Photo credit: Bruno Avard) Wow! Toronto absolutely swarmed this weekend’s O-Town Showdown! We’re burstin’ with Bee Pride for not only our own amazing dancers, but for the entire Toronto crew that made the treck up to our nation’s capital. Once again, dancers from the 6ix dominated the Prop & Jill with a huge Toronto presence …
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I Can Has Lindy Hopz? It was almost exactly a year ago this weekend that I finally faced my fears and went for it… I asked a stranger to dance. A bit of backstory perhaps. Like many swing dancers, I’m an introvert. A shy introvert. Big time. I can easily tuck that behind a blanket …
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Confessions of an Ex-Ballerina At a recent solo jazz workshop weekend, I had an interesting experience that has stuck with me and really forced me to think about my Lindy Hop learning style. At this workshop, I was taking part in an individual technique assessment that involved performing an improvised solo jazz set to …
