What Is Dc Hand Dancing

Hand dancing, also known as “D.C. hand dancing” or “D.C. swing”, is a form of swing dance that can be traced as far back as the 1920s, from Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug, to the 1950s when dancers in the District of Columbia developed their own variety.

What is Washington hand dancing?

Hand Dance is an improvisational form of swing style partner dancing developed in the Washington, DC area in the early 1950s by African Americans as a form of recreation and entertainment. The dance evolved from the early Lindy Hop and Jitterbug dance styles of the 1930s and 1940s created by George “Shorty” Snowden.

Where can I swing dance in DC?

  • Tuesday Night: New Columbia Swing at the Josephine Butler Parks Center. …
  • Wednesday Night: Capital City Swing/The 1938 Club. …
  • Thursday Night: Capital Blues. …
  • Monday/Friday Nights in Baltimore: Mobtown Ballroom. …
  • Various: Gottaswing. …
  • Saturday Nights at Glen Echo Ballroom. …
  • April: DC Lindy Exchange.
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