Articles
Guides, history and tips for Lindy Hop dancers and DJs.
Where to Go Swing Dancing in Lausanne
A guide to swing dancing and Lindy Hop in Lausanne: the weekly social, Sunday teatimes, live jazz, beginner classes and a regularly updated calendar.
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Your First Swing Social: What Actually Happens on the Night
When to turn up, how people ask each other to dance, how an evening unfolds. The unwritten part of a swing social, explained before you get there.
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How to Start Lindy Hop in Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg
Where to take your first swing dance class in French-speaking Switzerland: the free beginner taster classes, the schools in Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, and what the first weeks really look like.
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Where to Go Swing Dancing in Geneva
A guide to swing dancing and Lindy Hop in Geneva: regular socials, outdoor summer events, beginner classes and a regularly updated local agenda.
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The First and Last Fifteen Minutes of a Social
The start and end of a swing night matter way more than all the songs in the middle. Here's how to fill an empty floor at the start and send everyone home happy.
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How to Read a Swing Band: A Dancer's Guide to the Instruments
Drums, bass, rhythm guitar, horns: each instrument in a swing band sends a different tempo signal. Here's how to hear them, and what it means for dancers and playlist builders.
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Great Swing Vocalists for Lindy Hop: Six Voices for the Floor
Ella, Billie, Ivie, Helen, Anita, Jimmy. Six swing-era voices every Lindy Hop DJ should know, and where each one fits in the night.
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Lindy Hop in Europe: From Harlem to Herräng
Lindy Hop crossed the Atlantic twice. Once with American soldiers and Hollywood films, then again decades later when a Swedish dance troupe flew to New York. Here's how Europe found, lost, and rebuilt the dance.
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The Lindy Hop BPM problem: why playlist software gets swing music wrong
If you've ever asked Spotify or Apple Music for the BPM of a swing track, you've probably noticed something weird: half the time, the numbers are flat wrong. Here's what's actually going on, and how to read around it.
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How to build a Lindy Hop social playlist: a DJ's guide
A three-hour social needs more than a shuffled list of swing tracks. Here's how experienced DJs shape tempo, energy, and pacing to keep the floor full from the first song to the last.
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BPM zones for Lindy Hop: slow, medium, fast, and why it matters
Why does a 110 BPM song feel completely different from a 160 BPM one, even though both are "swing"? A practical guide to the three tempo zones and how to use them.
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A Brief History of Lindy Hop: From Harlem to the World
Born on the dance floors of 1920s Harlem, Lindy Hop turned swing music into a global movement. Here's how it started, why it nearly disappeared, and how it came roaring back.
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