Idolized by generations, she sparkled in 'Swing Fever,' 'Groovie Movie' and 'The Horn Blows at Midnight' on the big screen. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Jean Veloz, the innovative Lindy Hop dancer who ...

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. On Sunday, the queen, Norma ...

John Land has attended the New Orleans Swing Dance Festival & Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown every year since the event came to New Orleans a decade ago. This year, he will be hosting dancers from ...

The jazz band is swinging hard as two Black dancers Charleston in the middle of a jam. The crowd roars as one kicks wildly in every direction and then drops into a jazz split. This isn’t 1922—it’s May ...

This article is a companion piece for the Rough Translation episode "May We Have This Dance." Listen to the story about how a dance traveled from Harlem to Sweden, and how Black dancers are reclaiming ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by To watch LaTasha Barnes dance is to watch historical distance collapse. By Brian Seibert If you want to understand the connections between jazz dance ...