Lindy dancing

Last night, I went out dancing for the first time in way too long. The band was Steve Clarke and the Working Stiffs, a great band for dancing swing, lindy, west coast, and Balboa (if you know how, which I don't but I intend to learn).
Kurt Lichtman is on the swing dance faculty at Cornell! Yes, they have a swing dance faculty! His pages give very good historical overviews of the different regional styles and how they evolved. "Partnered Jazz Dance" is the way he describes swing dance, because it gives so much room for improvisation. Explore the Archives of Lindy Hop for more detailed stories of the styles, the dancers, and the Savoy Ballroom scene, where it all began.