Swing dancers take to the floor at Denver's Mercury Cafe. The origin of swing dancing goes hand-in-hand with the birth of jazz music. Take the Lindy Hop, the most popular form, which can be traced to ...

We just had to give summer one last whirl. Michelle Miller leads the way: Dancing under the stars can be enchanting, romantic and timeless. Every year in parks across the country, bands strike up ...

West Coast swing dancers swirl beneath a disco ball to a mix of R&B, country, and classics at a social dance in Emeryville, hosted by the Next Generation Swing Dance Club. Some step-step-ball-change ...

Far older than most of the regulars at his weekly South Bay swing-dancing class, the World War II veteran invariably shuffles in, sidles up to his instructor and unwittingly gives voice to a ...

This weekend (March 12-15) swing dancers will converge on Houston for Lindyfest Lone Star Championships, a dance competition, workshop and overall excuse to do dances like the Lindy Hop, the ...

Swing dancing is a style of dance popular in the 1920s through the 50s. Types of dances that fit into this genre include the Charleston, Lindy Hop, Balboa and West Coast Swing. Although its origins ...

Candy Houston's feet don't get much rest. Three nights a week she works 12-hour late-night shifts as a nurse on the labor and delivery floor of Memorial Hermann Hospital. Other nights, she's on a ...

Jason Baide and Allyson Yund took very different paths to find their love of swing dancing. Dance has been a constant in Yund’s life, starting with ballet as a 4-year-old. Her repertoire expanded as ...

Like many sports, dance can present several barriers to access, especially for adults. For example, most ballerinas start out at a very young age, which means the form is especially unwelcoming to ...