by Sharon Davis | 22 Oct 2018
This article was written by Sharon Davis for In Retrospect Magazine. 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...
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 at JazzMAD we...
by Sharon Davis | 31 Dec 2015
Lindy Hoppers of the world, let’s real talk New Year resolutions. Don’t get me wrong – I love Lindy Hoppers. My kind of people, my community. I love being part of the international swing dance family. Lindy Hoppers are, in general, the best and nicest...