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So I came up with a brilliant plan for getting back into a routine of doing more social dancing: I bought an ATOMIC Ballroom Dance Pass [...]
I’ve been trying to keep up on my promise to go social dancing more. Having not gone regularly for months, I have defined “more” as [...]
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a Lindy Hopper! Lindy Bombing simply means to swing dance at a venue [...]
I am relatively new to swing dancing, having started with ATOMIC’s Sunday Series classes only 2 years ago. Over the past 2 years, I [...]
Jazz music is a purely American art form that has fueled many of the cultural and social revolutions of our nations history. From the glitz [...]
I was perusing Facebook(this is me), as I do during the day, and I stumbled upon some photos of my good friend Mia [...]
Congratulations goes out to four ATOMIC Ballroom Teachers who won first and second place at the David Patrone $10,000 Swing Dance Extravaganza at [...]
It’s hard to believe that another 24 Hour Cancer Dance-a-thon has come and gone, but the 2010 Dance-a-thon came, went and was a [...]
What is Swing Dancing? Swing dancing is a partnered social and performance dance usually danced to big band era swing music. There are [...]
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ATOMIC Ballroom lindy hoppers Luc (age 14) and Kimmery (Age 12) danced in a parade in Seal Beach, CA last night. The parade was hosted by the city of Seal Beach. Ginny Ferguson, another ATOMIC Ballroom swing and salsa dancer, organized Luc and Kimmery to bring attention to her Watersafe swim school based in Fountain Valley, CA. This was the 22nd time that Watersafe Swim School has marched in that parade. Ginny is the founder of NOVA and is the creator of the widely used Smart Fish Method. Dancers Luc, Kimmery, and Ginny are all students of Shesha Marvin, a professional swing dance teacher and president of the OC Swing Dance Club and owner of ATOMIC Ballroom.
As a side note, Ginny is the personal swim teacher of Shesha and Nikki's baby girl, Anjali.
So, if you see the Kids or Ginny out dancing be sure to throw a high five their way.
Sarah Breck and I were proud to represent Lindy Hop at the US Open Swing Dance Championships in 2009.
In a "Strictly" Lindy contest we improvise to a song chosen by the DJ. Our content must be lindy hop, rather than balboa or Shag, or West Coast Swing. At the US open they have four "Strictly" divisions; West Coast Swing, Hand Dancing, St. Louis Shag, and Lindy Hop. At the end of those contests they top 5 of each Genré participate in a team battle.
We all have good dance days and bad dance days. Sometimes those of us that take our dancing seriously get down on ourselves when we have bad dance day. It's important to keep in mind that these slumps don't make us bad dancers. It may be that we are bad technicians that day but we are still good "dancers". Dancing is an art just like painting.
Camp Jitterbug 2009, Seattle
Lindy Hop ROCKS!
Frankie Manning with the Big Apple Dancers.
