Culture Night 2020
Swingkatten at the Culture Night!
Welcome to Swingkatten at the Culture Night 2020! Even if we cannot dance to live-music outside at Dragarbrunns Torg with you this year, we anyway would like to invite you to dances from the swing era. With us you will find a mixed programme with performances, tasters and social dance shows! Below you will find the schedule for the live programme and performances of our show groups MessAround and U-Town Lindy Hoppers.
Programme September 12
17:15-17:45 Lindy Hop taster
17:45-18:00 Social dance show Lindy Hop
18:00-18:15 Social dance show Boogie Woogie
18:15-18:45 Solo Blues taster
18:45-19:00 Social dance show Blues
19:00-19:15 Social dance show Balboa
19:15-19:45 Solo Jazz taster
19:45-20:00 Social dance show Solo Jazz
- Okänd
Showdance
Tranky Doo
Performed by U-Town Lindy Hoppers
A well known jazz routine from the film Spirit Moves. Usually it is danced at social dances. The routine is assumed to be choreographed by Frankie Manning (1914-2009) or Pepsi Bethel (1918-2002).
“Bugle Call Rag” Show
Performed by U-Town Lindy Hoppers
U-Town Lindy Hopper’s show number is a mixture of Big Apple, First stops, Californa routine and self-choreographed spotlights (solo numbers) under the direction of Walter Andersson. The choreography is danced to the song “Bugle Call Rag” performed by Benny Goodman.
Al & Leon's Shim Sham
Performed by U-Town Lindy Hoppers
Shim Sham is a tap routine choreographed by Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant in the early 30s. Al Minns and Leon James, two famous dancers from the dance group “Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers”, choreographed their own version. In this video, their variation is performed to the song Hot Lips Page & His Band – Jumpin’ (1938)
I Found a New Baby
Performed by MessAround
A fast Lindy Hop routine choreographed by Mattias Lundmark. The choreography is danced to Benny Goodman’s version of “I found a new baby”.
Uppsala Stomp
Performed by MessAround
A routine inspired by the 1920s Charleston. Despite the name, the routine is danced to the song “Stockholm Stomp” by Fletcher Henderson.
The Norma Routine
Performed by MessAround
Norma Miller, known as “the queen of swing”, was a Lindy Hop dancer, choreographer and actress. This jazz routine is choreographed by Norma and was taught by her at the Herräng Dance Camp.