Category: Dancing / Music

Last night was “Blues Night” at Camp Herrang.  A killer band from Stockholm came in, the Family Carling band, playing live blues music. They played some solid sets for the dancers that kept the floor packed and moving. I did have a bit of a problem with how people were dancing to the blues.  The…

I decided this morning that I’m leveling up at Herrang Dance Camp. Normally I see myself as a solid intermediate-advanced dancer.  Better than most, but far from what I consider the advanced dancers in the New York scene. But here I think I’m dancing at more of an advanced level compared to the general population…

Last night there was a “DJ Showcase” at Herrang Dance Camp, with a series of DJ’s playing six-song sets and a panel of dancer judges on the stage judging their picks.  I was curious how this was going to go, since nothing is more subjective than the kind of music people like.

I feel like I should be writing "Hi mom and dad, having a great time at dance camp! Today I got a blue star in intermediate ribbon dancing." Seriously, it’s been an amazing time so far at the Herrang International Dance Camp in Sweden.  Herrang is quite a special place with a strong sense of…

Just quick to post to say hi from Herrang Dance Camp in lovely Sweden.  I’m here for the week of intensive dance classes, social dancing until the wee hours, and hanging out with an international community of lindy hoppers who converge here every year.  So many amazing dancers in one camp-y space for a week!…

Above is a video of a dance jam at the Herrang Dance Camp from 2005.  That’s where I’m headed tonight! My buddy Tomo and I are flying off to the Herrang International Dance Camp, a yearly gathering that brings together a 1,000 of the most die-hard lindy hop swing dancers from around the world to…

Click To Play My awesome friend Will posted this dimly lit footage of my birthday dance jam at our weekly lindy hop dance "Frim Fram." The dance jam is a traditional in the lindy hop and other social dance communities to celebrate birthdays, weddings, and other big events in people’s lives.  The birthday boy/girl (or…

There’s a cool story in the trade publication Publisher’s Weekly about the viral marketing campaign that I coordinated for the launch of the book Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop.  I got some nice quotes in this piece by Gayle Feldman, talking about how we managed to get Frankie’s book from #22,000 to #7 on…

Image by Swifty Every once in awhile I get a bit discouraged about the lindy hop scene in New York.  As the fertile ground where swing jazz and swing dance was innovated and developed during the 1930s and 40s, today the modern swing musician and dancer has few places where they can get their groove…