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¿Está pensando en asistir a su primera clase de baile swing? Descubra qué puede esperar en cuanto a ambiente animado, pasos básicos, improvisación y la oportunidad de conocer gente nueva. Prepárate para pasarlo en grande y conocer los orígenes de este vibrante baile afroamericano.
In November 2022 I had the opportunity to attend the ILHC Europe Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz Championships. For the first time a European qualifying edition of these championships, which always took place in Washington and New York, was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, born in 1912 in rural South Carolina, was a famous swing dancer and showman known for tap dancing with a wooden prosthetic limb and a unique style. Bates had lost a leg in a farming accident at the age of six.
A few months ago I made this wonderful collaboration with Okurut George and his swing dance project. In this video you can see both his Solo Jazz students and my students (from Swing Maniacs), dancing the same choreography. Separated by thousands of kilometres, and yet together.
Louise "Mama Lou" Parks is one of the dancers who, with her company, kept Lindy Hop "alive" after the closure of the Savoy Ballroom in 1958.
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