Another Swing Dance Festival

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Berlin, Germanylindy hop, social dance, classes, Solo Jazz, Live Music, Paris, France, House Dance, Tap

Lindylicious

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Paris, Francelindy hop, social dance, classes, Solo Jazz, Live Music, Paris, France, House Dance, Tap

Spring Lindy Weekend

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Pamplona, Spainlindy hop, social dance, classes, Solo Jazz, Live Music, Pamplona, Spain, Second Line, Vermouth Swing

All That Jazz Weekend

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Anatyla, Turkeylindy hop, social dance, classes, competition, Solo Jazz, Anatyla, Turkey, Live Music

Leapin' Lindy

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Bern, Switzerlandlindy hop, social dance, classes, competition, Bern, Switzerland, Solo Jazz, Collegiate Shag

Rayuela Swing

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Berlin, Germanylindy hop, social dance, classes, competition, workshops, Berlin, Germany

Down By The Riverside

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeFebruary 10, 2023Bilbao, Spainlindy hop, social dance, classes, competition, bilbao, spain

Collective Voices for Change

Collective Voices for Change (CVFC) is an international initiative committed to building a new and equitable social fabric in the Jazz dance community.

OrganizationsMelanie GeorgeMarch 28, 2022lindy hop, international

Black Lindy Hoppers Fund

The Black Lindy Hoppers Fund is a program under the umbrella of the Houston Swing Dance Society. Championed by Black leadership of the Lindy Hop community, its mission is to provide assistance to established and developing dancers, musicians, researchers and community builders endeavoring to be of greater service to community members of African and African diasporic heritage.

OrganizationsMelanie GeorgeMarch 28, 2022USAlindy hop, USA

Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century

Rooted Jazz Dance brings together jazz dance scholars, practitioners, choreographers, and educators from across the United States and Canada with the goal of changing the course of practice in future generations. Contributors delve into the Africanist elements within jazz dance and discuss the role of Whiteness, including Eurocentric technique and ideology, in marginalizing African American vernacular dance, which has resulted in the prominence of Eurocentric jazz styles and the systemic erosion of the roots.

Southern Utah University

As a dance major, you will strengthen your physical skills and explore the history, theory, science, and business of your art. While primary emphasis will be placed on developing impeccable technique through the study of the many different dance forms, courses also cover choreography, anatomy, production, and dance history

Intangible Roots

INTANGIBLE ROOTS is a dynamic polymathic educational experience created by embodied historian, filmmaker, and author Moncell Durden.

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeJuly 18, 2021social dance, instruction, history

The Woodshed

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeMarch 6, 2020retreat, workshop, choreography, teaching, pedagogy, professional development

Swing with Us NYC

Swingwithusnyc is a safe inclusive group dedicated to continuing the legacy and narrative of Lindy hop in Harlem and NYC

OrganizationsMelanie GeorgeNovember 21, 2019New York, NYadvocacy, vernacular, education, new york, nyc

Track Town Throwdown

Held on Track Town Swing’s anniversary weekend, Track Town Throwdown is Eugene’s first swing and jazz dance festival. Throwdown is a celebration of Lindy Hop, jazz history, and our local community.

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeNovember 21, 2019Eugene, ORlindy hop, social dance, classes, competition, eugene, oregon

Swingin' at the Savoy

Swingin’ at the Savoy is an event to celebrate Lindy Hop & Jazz, the joy of the dance and the music, their heritage and history.

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeNovember 21, 2019Oakland, CAlindy hop, social dance, classes, oakland, California

Roots of Jazz BA

Tap and Authentic Jazz Festival dedicated to the roots of jazz dance in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeNovember 20, 2019Buenoa Aires, annual, classes, festival, argentina, buenos aires, concert, tap

Camp Hollywood

Camp Hollywood is one of the largest and longest running swing dance camps in the world.

Lindyworks

Lindyworks is Toronto’s premiere Lindy Hop and Vernacular Jazz workshop weekend.

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeNovember 16, 2019Torontoannual, classes, swing dance, competition, toronto, canada

Midwest Lindyfest

Host to the nation’s only Jazz Cruise on a Riverboat, join us starting Thursday evening for a Lindy Hopping ride down the Mississippi River, accompanied by live music. Then, enjoy three days of classes, and three nights of competition for learning, social dancing, and an all around amazing weekend.

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