Dancing in the Twin Cities and beyond
Minnesota Lindy
- Probably the best place to check for information on upcoming events (local,
regional, and national), and to catch up on what's new in the dance community.
TC Swing - A comprehensive
calendar of upcoming local events, local dance lessons, plus links to other
sites in the Twin Cities and elsewhere.
USwing - University of MN Swing Club
Swing Night at
the Wabasha Street Caves, Thursday nights.
Late Night Swing at
Tapestry Folk Dance Center, Thursday nights.
The Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown
- One of the top national Lindy Hop competitions.
Mid-West Lindy Fest - A
nationally-recognized Lindy Hop and Jazz Dance workshop weekend..
Twin Cities Lindy Exchange - Local dancers
gather together to host dancers from across the country for a weekend of dancing.
UW Swing - University of WI, Madison Swing Club
Yehoodi - NYC swing
dance site, the best resource for national events and happenings. Also the
largest discussion board of dance nerds around.
Lindy Exchange
- Go to a city, meet awesome people, and dance like crazy! This site lists
events that are coming up.
Dance shoes and clothing
Dancestore.com
- Includes vintage-style clothes, Aris Allen shoes, and instructional
videos and DVDs.
Aris Allen Swing Dance
Shoes
Bleyers
Swing Dance Shoes Full Line
Bleyer
Swing Dance Shoes on Closeout
Remix Vintage
Shoes
Do-It-Yourself
Sueded Dance Shoes - Learn how to turn any pair of shoes you own into
dance shoes. Brettuns'
Village Scrap Leather - These people will sell you scrap suede aka
chrome tanned leather (cut to any size you need) for dance shoes, just
send them an email.
Dance History
The Lindy Circle Lindy
History
StreetSwing's
Dance History Archives
African Dance
Influence on Lindy Hop
Cab
Calloway's Cat-o-logue - Learn to talk the jive like all the original
cats.
Jazz Music
All Music Guide - The
definitive guide to music of all genres, especially jazz.
SwingMusic.net
Recommendations - Knowledgeable music recommendations from a good website.
Big
Band Box - 40 CDs for about 50 bucks. Covers all the major artists of
the swing era. A great way to learn about the artists and the music.
A selection of some great modern swing bands:
The Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra
The Boilermaker Jazz Band
George Gee and his Make-Believe Orchestra
Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five
Mora’s Modern Rhythmists
The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
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