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  • The Swing Scene vs. Max, His Friends, and the Swing Scene

    Please note: This post is entirely about sexual assault in the swing dance community and involves graphic depictions of sexual abuse. 7/12/19 — Dear readers, It’s been two years since this article was published. And throughout that time, I have often looked back and thought a lot about this article. It’s never “settled” in my…

  • The Listening Leader

    As a professional dance instructor in the time of COVID-19, my income for at least five months of the year has been erased. If you read this article and find it useful or thought provoking, please consider a donation. You will be *literally* helping support an artist, and have my sincerest gratitude. Essay by Bobby…

  • Swing 101 — Beginning Your Swing Dance Education

    This is Episode 3 in Swing 101. You can learn to swing dance via many different methods: classes, workshop weekends, private lessons, or your own social dancing and study of clips. But before we look at these methods in detail (in the next episode of Swing 101), we wanted to talk about learning to swing…

  • Opportunity Costs

    [This article has been updated since its first publication: A paragraph and final author’s note have been added to the ending.] Being a Scandalous Tell-All of the Most Debaucherous Nature Involving the Sordid Lives of Famous (and Infamous) Bacchant Swing Dance Instructors [Part four of the Love & Swing series, concerning the complex triangle of…

  • Swing Photographers: Jason Swihart

    Photography and dance are both visual mediums of expression, and a great photograph of dancing can reinforce the spirit of both. As part of a series here at Swungover, we’re interviewing several of the great modern swing photographers and showing a gallery of each of their work. The third photographer we want to highlight is…