This Tuesday saw the Nijmegen screening of the US documentary “Alive and Kicking” which chronicles the revival of Lindy Hop in recent decades. The makers did a very good job of illustrating the passion and dedication of modern day Lindy Hoppers: it would have been nice to have a better picture of where this all…
On March 9th We were lucky enough to host some Lindy Hop royalty here in Nijmegen: Lennart Westerlund and eWa Burek. These two Swedes have been and continue to be an integral part of the evolution of the dance. Indeed, Lennart was one of the original Swedish swing dancers who went to New York in…
The weekend of Saturday 18-Sunday 19 March saw our celebration of three years of Lindy What? here in Nijmegen and it was a blast! The weekend ran with three tracks of classes with David and Cátia for dancers of all abilities. We learned a variety of refined techniques (how to have a good, relaxed but clear pendulum…
It was such a pleasure to welcome Erik Linnartz and Birgit Pfalz here in Nijmegen, to show us some new moves and change the way we think about the dance. We worked on leading and following rock steps, one of the basic features of couples’ dancing that can always be improved, no matter how long…
Our favourite big band the Kalishnikovs were here again in Nijmegen as part of the city’s Kunstnacht festival. We had huge group of Nijmegen dancers as well as plenty of lovely visitors from out of town. We swung out hard for two hours to their live music, accompanied by DJ sets from our very own…
Thanks everyone for a great day at our Crash Course for Lindy Hop Beginners! The morning session was taught by Lieneke and Simon, with the afternoon taught by Inge and Danny. You all worked so hard; four hours of classes is very tiring so we thank you for your effort. Many of you are joining…
Kate and Pieter Aart were back in Nijmegen and we all had a blast! We learned how to dance fast Charleston without breaking a sweat, as well as breaking down our dance moves into simple blocks, so that both partners can enjoy their dancing without any stress.This was followed by our regular Sunday Tea Dance…
Last night we kicked of the new season of Lindy Hop at Lindy What? here in Nijmegen with a social dance event featuring the Happy Feet Orchestra. Starting with a taster class for beginners with May and Simon, we rolled into a fantastic evening of live music with the Happy Feet Orchestra (check out their…
Donders Wonders: can you really get addicted to Lindy Hop? Our very own Lieneke of the Donders Institute here in Nijmegen has some thoughts…
Class 1 – it’s all about the flow On Sunday 2nd August Rob and Diane van Haaren were in town to show us a thing or two! Rob grew up in Nijmegen, although he moved to California 30 years ago to pursue his dreams, where he discovered the Lindy Hop and, through it, his wife Diane. It…
