Sarah Sullivan is a lindy hopper who has been dancing for 11 years and co-organizes a popular swing dance venue the Mobtown Ballroom in Baltimore, MD. Yesterday Sarah posted on her personal blog a shocking story about a well-known older dance instructor Steven Mitchell, and his long history of inappropriate and unwanted sexual advances directed…
Bay Area Old Skool Hip-hop Dancers Breaking It Down (video)
As someone who loves street dance / hip-hop dance, I do think about the image of a middle-aged dude breaking it down in the cypher or on-stage. It's a young person's game, like so many things in life. So it does my heart good to see old skool dancers continuing to represent in Bay Area,…
Upgrading My Running Gear: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14
For 2015, I’m trying to get more serious about my running. Last July, I resolved to run three times a week, which I’ve kept up more or less, putting a 150 miles or so on my trainers. While the results have not been dramatic, I have enjoyed getting back to a regular workout regime and…
Stretching after Ocean Beach Run
One of my favorite runs. Just a few minutes from my apartment by bike! I'm so spoiled.
Lindy Focus 2014: All that Jazz!
This past week I got to experience my first Lindy Focus, in lovely Asheville, North Carolina, along with 1,000 other lindy hoppers and jazz musicians from around the US. I had almost zero expectations for the event, having only viewed a couple of videos and chatted with some friends about it. There are a lot of…
Yehoodi’s 2014 Year in Review
The year 2014 was a pretty good year for me. Many of my highlights for the year were spent with my team at Yehoodi.com, doing what we do best: creating cool media and events showcasing this crazy dance we love so much. Read about Yehoodi's many accomplishments in 2014 here. I love lindy hop so…
Lindy Focus: A Dance Camp, Non-stop Party, and Jazz Jam in Asheville
I’m currently having a grand time at “Lindy Focus,” a weeklong celebration of lindy hop and swingin jazz in Asheville, North Carolina. Held in the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville, the hotel basically gets overrun by 1,000 or so lindy hoppers and jazz musicians for seven days of festivities. There’s classes, jazz jams, vintage clothing…
Scooting Around on Christmas Eve Eve
My friend Debra and I have been feeling pretty scrooge-y this holiday season. So we decided to get together on our scooters and hit the streets to see if we could find some Christmas cheer. It was a very successful ride, taking us from Scoot headquarters in Soma to various locales all around the city. A…
Happy Hip-hop Holidays!
BEST ELF BREAKDOWN EVER.
Watch the Last Weekly Episode of “SwingNation”!
Believe it or not, Episode #69 is the final show of the season… and the last weekly edition of “SwingNation.” Watch the whole episode to get the skinny on what’s happening to the internet’s only regular talk show on swing dancing. We talk about why we are moving from the weekly format, and what’s the future…