Lindy Hop 101

The Texas Tommy is hands-down (or, perhaps more accurately, hands-behind-the-back) an essential piece of Lindy Hop dance vocabulary. Among its many variations in Lindy Hop, one of its most common forms on the social dance floor is an 8-count pattern

The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City was a popular dance venue in the 1920s through 1950s and played a pivotal role in the development of swing dancing and music. Simply put, it’s where Lindy Hop became famous. Located

Balboa can refer to a family of swing dances that developed in Southern California around the 1920s and 30s, as well as to a specific dance of that era that was the original Balboa (sometimes called Pure-Bal). Like its dance

Hellzapoppin’ is the name of a 1941 film adaptation of an Oleson and Johnson Broadway musical of the same name. Among Lindy Hoppers, however, the term Hellzapoppin’ has a special meaning, referring to one of the final scenes of the

If you started swing dancing recently, it’s very likely that you’ve heard at least one of your dance teachers gushing about some guy named Frankie. “Frankie this”, “Frankie that”, and “Frankie used to say…”. So who is this Frankie guy

I just returned from a great dance weekend at the 2011 SLO Lindy Exchange in San Luis Obispo, but must admit that I was slightly sad that I didn’t see more San Francisco dancers down there this year. Perhaps it’s