Michael Jagger and I taught at Glenmont Elementary School this entire week, teaching students from Kindergarden all through 5th grade, how to do the "Big Apple" and the "Shim Sham."  We are thrilled that kids so young are getting to learn about Frankie Manning, Lindy Hop and the history behind this important American art form.

Happy New Year! Evita and Nathan sing and dance to "Stomping at the Savoy".

Here I am doing the TWO things that scare me most, yet I love them and seem to continue to pursue both.  Hope you enjoy.  This song is called "Stomping at the Savoy" Benny Goodman recording, and the choreography is mainly a Coles and Atkins tap routine.  Nathan added a middle chunk section with more slides and turns.  This performance is from Lindy Focus 2009.  It was our first time to do this number in front of an audience.  Hopefully I will get more opportunities to perform this and work on that furious wing step.

Tap Dancing is the hardest thing I have ever performed, well that and singing.

Both require audible expressions of the "SELF".  I never thought of myself as a particularly eloquent speaker.  Maybe this is why the two art forms scare me so much.  Maybe I'm afraid of what I might say.

Back in December Nathan and I were featured in Time Out NY!

Old-fashioned dates

Grab your steady and hit the town just like they did in the olden days.

By Tory Hoen

Swing dancing and a speakeasy
Get things jumping Jon Favreau–style with a private swing dancing lesson from one of the pros at Dance Manhattan Studios (39 W 19th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, fifth fl; 212-807-0802,dance-manhattan.com; $80 per couple). Over the course of an hour, you’ll learn the fast-paced footwork of the Lindy Hop, which had its beginnings in 1930s Harlem (represent!).
Read more:http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/sex-dating/81060/old-fashioned-dates#ixzz0bbc5OhdT

Read more:http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/sex-dating/81060/old-fashioned-dates#ixzz0bbbyXXOQ

The New York Swing Dance Society
Nathan and I perform our very popular routine
"That's How Rhythm Was Born"

Filming for iDance

Just so everyone is aware, today is 01/02/2010!!!

I am here in Asheville, NC filming for iDance with the rest of The Killer Dillers!! Look for our newest videos in about a week!