by Sharon Davis | 19 Apr 2019
JazzMAD’s Sharon Davis has been helping with historical research for the Welcome to the Savoy project, run by a group of Lindy Hop lovers who happen to be creators in the cutting edge world of Virtual Reality. The team are attempting to build Harlem’s Savoy...
by Sharon Davis | 21 Dec 2018
JazzMAD’s Sharon Davis gets a vintage 1930s makeover for English Heritage’s historical makeup tutorial series, at London’s stunning Eltham Palace. See Sharon dancing around the glorious art deco palace, as she traces the footsteps of socialite Virginia Courtauld...
by Sharon Davis | 22 Oct 2018
Lindy Hop is a partnered swing dance that evolved from the Charleston in the late 1920s and flourished in the Swing Era of the 1930s and 40s. It spread from the ballrooms of Harlem, New York, across the United States and to the rest of the world. In Europe it was...
by Sharon Davis | 19 Oct 2017
Leading and Following in Lindy Hop are both fun roles with a different – but equally challenging – set of skills and different outlets for creativity. Typically students choose a role in their first class and stick with that role forever. But here at Jazz...
by Sharon Davis | 9 Sep 2016
One of the top questions we get asked is what shoes should I wear to swing dance class? Here Sharon Davis tells you what types of shoe work and her favourite brands… There’s no real rules for swing dance shoes. You just want a well-fitting shoe that clings to...
