When Mike Thibault finished high school in 1995, his graduation present from his grandparents was a series of ballroom dance classes. Thibault was an aspiring saxophonist, and he knew a slew of ...

This Black History Month, we recognize one of the most extravagant dances ever to exist, the Lindy Hop. The style born during the Harlem Renaissance has evolved to live on in its home neighborhood.

They’ll make your dancin’ dreams come true! Brooklynites can get down with some of the world’s best swingers next weekend, when the American Lindy Hop Championships jitterbug their way onto the ...

In the new documentary “Alive and Kicking,” the world’s renewed interest in the Lindy Hop — popularly known as swing dancing — is presented as more than a series of improvised steps; it’s a ...

What is it? The lindy hop, also known as the jitterbug, is an Afro-Euro-American swing partner dance that originated in Harlem in the 1930s. What's needed? Non-restrictive clothes and comfy shoes, ...

A vibrant 90-year-old authentic jazz dance that originated in the Savoy Ballroom in New York is making a comeback on dance floors around the world. The reason for lindy hop's recent renaissance is the ...