Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. When it comes to cardio workouts, swing ...

If the winter blues have settled in, a few holiday pounds just won't go away, or you've got a New Year's resolution to keep, swing dance events around Long Island may just be the answer. From ages 8 ...

For a small community in Utah, 1920s–40s swing dancing is still alive and kicking. Alyssa Nelson dances with another BYU club member at a Vintage Swing Dance Club dance (Denis Nicholson). “If you ...

Until Jan. 22 this year, Steven Mitchell was a god in the swing dance world. He helped to save the dance from obscurity and spent the last three decades traveling the world as one of its ambassadors.

On Thursday nights, people can find themselves in the "peak" of the action at Peak Nights Country Swing Dancing. Boots, laughs and dancing. If this meets the criteria for a good time, then that is the ...

Swing dancing continues to be popular in Olympia, where Tuesday night dances at the Eagles Ballroom can fill the dance floor. Courtesy of David Accurso/OlyDance Two decades after the world ...

On a chilly February night in the Highlands Community Campus building, the wooden basketball court is illuminated by strands of warm white lights, paper lanterns are strung from the ceiling and a ...

What is swing dancing? Developed during the 1920s to 1950s, swing dancing features a group of dances in the swing style of jazz music. The most well-known of swing dances is the Lindy Hop, a mix of ...

The Down and Dirty Swing Dance got Iowa State students moving, grooving and learning how to swing dance Friday evening. ...

Swing dancing is a style of dance popular in the 1920s through the 50s. Types of dances that fit into this genre include the Charleston, Lindy Hop, Balboa and West Coast Swing. Although its origins ...