Here’s the flyer for the workshop here in Buenos Aires that Juan and I are teaching (with our lovely friends Maxi Prado & Agustina Zero) on 11th December 2011. For more information on the w...
For a few weeks now, I have been on this new diet: it’s an anti-inflammatory diet. The basic idea behind the diet is to alleviate foods that cause inflammation in the body, and eat a lot of foo...
The oh-so-talented photographer Bobby Bonsey (“man’s man, lady’s man, man about town”) snapped a few photos of me in Herrang, Sweden recently. We went out and explored some of...
On that topic, watch Andrew & Karen doing some wholehearted embracing of their own in the Camp Jitterbug 2010 couples final, a few weeks ago: It’s easy to see why Andrew and Karen are the m...
Anyone who’s taken my jazz classes recently knows I’m on a huge Bob Fosse kick (it all started when I began looking for inspiration for my new Beatnik routines, my current pet project). N...
The March 2011 edition of Marie Claire shot their editorial in New Orleans, and I recognise some faces! Fabulous shot of Uncle Lionel, isn’t he a charmer? Ahh, jazz and fashion together, heaven...
My friend Mike Thibault just launched the new website for Vintage Jazz Art, which sells gorgeous prints of – yes, you guessed it – vintage jazz art. I’m so excited about this, IR...
My Facebook friend Frida Häggström Gerdt just posted up an amazing photo of Juan and I, competing at the 2010 Stockholm Jazz Jam in the finals of the Lindy Hop battle. This photo alone is worth posti...
I got asked three times recently, where the name of our team The Killer Dillers comes from. The phrase “killer diller” is jazz slang, in common use in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. To be a R...
A few flashbacks from the late 90′s, that made me smile…. A jam at the 1998 American Lindy Hop Championships, recognise anyone? The Flying Lindy Hoppers from California circa 1997:
As promised, I’m posting up all the video clips that I referenced during Stompology 2010. Ballin’ The Jack, choreographed by Gene Kelly for a television special (with Donald O’Conno...
Stompology 2010 is this weekend! I just arrived in Rochester, New York for the event, and I’m resting up a few days so I’ll have all my energy for the weekend. Stompology is an all-jazz ...
The Killer Dillers performed live with the Nine Penny Big Band in Bologna Italy for the Swing Brother Swing Festival, May 2010. It was an epic show, with ALL LIVE MUSIC! Many thanks to the Nine Penni...
Here is colour 16mm footage (no sound) from the 1939 production of The Hot Mikado, at the New York World’s Fair. The musical was an all-black adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mi...
Here’s that snippet of a black couple dancing in the 1944 film Go Down Death that I mentioned to some people recently. Juan stumbled across a compilation clip someone had thrown together on You...
On that topic, watch Andrew & Karen doing some wholehearted embracing of their own in the Camp Jitterbug 2010 couples final, a few weeks ago: It’s easy to see why Andrew and Karen are the ...
I got asked three times recently, where the name of our team The Killer Dillers comes from. The phrase "killer diller" is jazz slang, in common use in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. To be a "kil...
A few flashbacks from the late 90s, that made me smile.... A jam at the 1998 American Lindy Hop Championships, recognise anyone? The Flying Lindy Hoppers from California circa 1997:
As promised, Im posting up all the video clips that I referenced during my Stompology 2010 classes. Once the class reviews and performances appear online, Ill post those videos as well, so you can co...
Stompology 2010 is this weekend! I just arrived in Rochester, New York for the event, and Im resting up a few days so Ill have all my energy for the weekend. Stompology is an all-jazz weekend, and t...
Here is colour 16mm footage (no sound) from the 1939 production of The Hot Mikado, at the New York Worlds Fair. The musical was an all-black adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivans The Mikado, with jazzy t...
Photos: Red Nichols (left), Bob Howard (right) At The Clambake Carnival, Cab Calloway, 186 bpm Nice Work If You Can Get It, Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra with Billie Holiday, 1937, 165 bpm You've Got ...
Here's that snippet of a black couple dancing in the 1944 film Go Down Death that I mentioned to some people recently. Juan stumbled across a compilation clip someone had thrown together on YouTube, ...
As promised, here are the final song edits for both the Josephine Baker routine (Golden Wedding, by Woody Herman), and the jazz routine (Lucy Brown, by The Larks), for those lovely London ladies to d...
Well done to all the ladies in my jazz classes at Barswingona 2010 in Barcelona a few weeks ago. I had such fun, you were absolute troopers learning so much choreography in such a tinsy tiny amount o...
As promised to my gorgeous London students tonight, here are the songs for the two choreographies I am teaching in London over the next three weeks. These are the whole songs, and I may edit them dow...
A performance we did of our current Lindy Classic showcase, at the Rock That Swing Festival in Munich, Germany in February 2010. The song is "Scram" by Fats Waller.
This weekend in Munich for the Rock That Swing Festival, Juan and I taught a class of moves from the Harvest Moon Ball. As promised, here is the footage I showed at the beginning of class. It's a com...
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