Swing dancing was big back during the jazz era of the 1920-1950s, and still makes a revival from time to time. There are true fans of the dance, and with no particular Swing Dance Clubs in the city, ...

Dance historians who research such things credit American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway for coining the term “jitterbug.” In 1934, he recorded a lively tune, “Jitter Bug,” that some credit ...

Jitterbug proper is a dance that was made famous by Cab Calloway (of "Minnie the Moocher" fame). But, as I always understood it, jitterbug is also a general term for any kind of swing dance. They say ...

Indigo Swing may hail from San Francisco, but the sound they go after is what’s known as the East Coast Swing — a faster, livelier version than its West Coast brethren. So it’s fitting that the band ...

Tom Koerner and Debra Sternberg are on a mission: They want to make swing cool again. So far, they’ve been pretty successful. The duo runs Gottaswing, a dance group that teaches more than 4,000 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Harlem's Clyde Wilder, dance impresario of the Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Swing ...