Are You Ignoring Your Partner?

I know the kitties are cute, but let’s not get distracted…it’s Story Time! I’m reading Lewis Armstrong’s biography, Pops, and something he said really struck me. Joe Oliver was his idol, and he got to play in his band. However, as Lewis grew as a Trumpet player, he realized that he could out-play Joe.

Yehoodi’s "Beaver Lodge" Ep 1 is online: where the lindy ladies get their say!

Last week, the lindy boys got to have their fun on the "Sausage Fest" podcast, episode one.  Now its the ladies' turn with episode one of "Beaver Lodge"! This is a bawdy, probably NSFW, gabfest where the lindy ladies get to talk about whatever they want, dance related or otherwise. This show features our host miss Nicole "Mouth" Frydman, joined by Meg Taylor, Angie Sabin and Ann Mony.

National Dance Day Part 1 of 2: Honoring Nigel Lythgoe

The Second Annual National Dance Day will take place on July 30, 2011 to promote awareness for dance as a medium of expression and storytelling.  More importantly, National Dance Day encourages dance as a passionate and positive platform for health and wellness.

Field Trip: Suite Lorain, Cleveland, OH

Suite Lorain is one of those rare places where there are entire racks devoted to 1930′s and 1940′s clothing, rather than being relegated to a few rare items on the wall or stuck in the middle of a mound of polyester. In fact, Suite Lorain skirts the issue by focusing exclusively on “Deco to 1960′s.”

Yehoodi Talk Show #130: the Fractured State of Online Lindy, Lindy Hoppers Defect to West Coast Swing!

If you are not satisfied with reading my pearls of wisdom here, you can also hear my mellifluous voice caress your earholes on yet another edition of the "Yehoodi Talk Show." For those that haven't had the pleasure, the YTS is a bi-monthly lindy gab-fest featuring myself, my partner-in-crime Spuds, and our newest addition the graceful and gifted Miss Letta Mercurial. We amuse at least ourselves, and hopefully shed some light on interesting happenings and news in the lindy hop / swing dance world.

Lindy Bombing the Mission: Swing Dancing at Sunday Streets in SF

Yesterday I had a great time lindy hopping with 20-some other folks as part of the "Sunday Streets" festival in the Mission District of San Francisco. "Sunday Streets" is a city-sponsored series of events that creates car-free areas on the weekend for people to stroll, shop, eat, listen to music and just hang out. This weekend Sunday Streets was on Valencia between 14th and 24th Streets in the Mission.

Step Into National Dance Week

Today is the first day of National Dance Week. National Dance Week runs from April 22 – May 1, 2011.  National Dance was founded with the mission to “expose and introduce as many people as possible to the enjoyment and benefits of dance.”

Burlesque Audition – The Atomic Bombshell

The Atomic Bombshells are holding their FIRST EVER OPEN AUDITION for the newest addition to their internationally celebrated Burlesque supertroupe! Critically acclaimed in local, national, and international press, The Atomic Bombshells have become one of the most recognized and accomplished burlesque troupes around. In addition to consistently selling out venues such as The Triple Door in Seattle, the Bombshells have toured the U.S., Portugal, China, and have a yearly summer residency in Provincetown.

What the Heel?

So lately a topic that has been all the chatter over the swing dance online community is a post by Sarah Breck on women wearing heels while dancing on the website Dax and herself share at DaxandSarah.com and a response why not to wear heels by Fenn at her blog shortgirlphoto.blogspot.

Yehoodi Video Talk Show Ep 13: Bally’s dance contest, Andrew & Karen, Dax & Sarah, and Spuds gets a bad buzz!

Who’s Yehoodi?

Yehoodi is a top notch website and forum dedicated to all things swing, Lindy Hop, and jazz.  So the real question is: do you Yehoodi?

10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me

When I first started dancing I was super enthusiastic, much to the dismay of many a follow’s arms. I wanted to know big and flashy moves, and for me that meant the Texas Tommy. Now, as I look back at that green well-spring of passion and flailing arms from eleven years ago, there’s so much I wish someone had told me. I mentioned this to Susanne, and she helped me compile this list of things that don’t often get talked about in the lindy world.