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Old meets new in the rebirth of depression era dance Swing. The iconic music of the 1920s and 1930s has been rightly reborn in the US and Europe. Is it coincidence that it correlates yet again with an economic crisis? Perhaps. Do we care when we\u2019re in a dance hall jitterbugging our hearts out? Not at all, and that\u2019s exactly what we love about it. It\u2019s 100% pure, forget-your-troubles fun.<\/p>\n
So, whether you\u2019re unemployed of underpaid, there\u2019s no better remedy to the doldrums of a Depression than a night of moving your feet to some shaking beats. Advice that\u2019s tested and true: When hard times hit\u2026go dancing.<\/p>\n
Readers, tune in your radios to the sweet sounds of Harlem in the1920s and you\u2019ll find yourselves at that critical moment in time when \u2018jazz\u2019 became \u2018swinging jazz\u2019 and the Savoy Ballroom\u2019s block long dance floor was filled with the city\u2019s finest bands, beats and bodies.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t take long before swing dancing caught on as the new big thing. One night at the Savoy in 1927, just after Lindbergh made history with his trans-Atlantic flight to Paris, a reporter asked one dancer what everyone was doing. It happened that a newspaper was lying on the table, open to the headline \u201cLindy Hops the Atlantic,\u201d so the dancer replied \u201cThe Lindy Hop.\u201d And voila.<\/p>\n
It may have been born in the roaring 20s, but swing really got to do its thing during the turbulent 30s. The Jitterbug was born just in time to accompany struggling spirits through America\u2019s Great Depression and the dark times that fell over Europe during World War II, finding its way back to happier times on the dance floor around the turn of the century.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been regaining popularity ever since. The past decade seems to be riddled with wrinkles in time, where handsome youth have stepped in from another era.<\/p>\n
Barcelona which recently was names the capital of European swing dancing. \u00a0Catalunya’s rich expansive musical traditions, as well as rich history of dance makes it an obvious place for swing to prosper.<\/p>\n
The last weekend of every month in Barcelona swing enthusiasts take over a plaza and spend the afternoon enjoying good company, music and dance partners.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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