Bytown Swing

UPDATE: Bytown Swing is on a hiatus until further notice. Check out Ottawa Swing Dance Society for Lindy dances on Fridays and Westie Underground for West Coast Swing dances every other Saturdays. See you around!

Some fake events are going around - check the ones you rsvp’d to and be careful!

Amazing talk! I learned a lot and I highly recommend it

In this episode of #drinkinganddance, I share a drink with the magnificent Marie N'diaye (@marieswingjazzdance ), professional dancer, teacher and phd. Over rum... and beer we discuss her being inspired by her sister, the genius of Janet Jackson, the joys and struggle of coming up in the northwest suburbs of Paris, remembering to be grateful, her origins in dance training, her article for Zazoo Magazine, European dancers playing ostrich in regards to racism, camouflaging and playing up her French identity as a survival tactic while abroad, the perennial question of why there aren’t many Black people in the Lindy Hop scene, what it really means to dance with a partner, nerds cosplaying the Lindy Hop, the epiphany of finding honesty in dancing with Black Brown & Beige, the virtues of finding your people, showing yourself in African diasporic dance, taking hits for the team in order to speak the truth, the importance of being humble as a guest of Black culture, the connection between leads and follows to the music, the benefits of being a bad follow and her rule for dealing with leads who won’t listen. Shoutouts this Episode: @hanna_hotcha , @dee.d.locke , @tasha_b_va , @ryan_francois_jazz , @jazzjune.we , @hellablacklindyhop , @moncelldurden @zazoo.mag #jazz #dance #dancer #lindyhop #swingdance #tapdance #caribbean #style #culture #blacklivesmatter #guadeloupe : @esquivel8088

THE CVFC WEBINAR PART 2A - THE ACTION: A CONVERSATION WITH PR. THOMAS DEFRANTZ ON AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL DANCES, HOSTED BY BREAI MICHELE, IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! It was SO good! I HIGHLY recommend it and, I will even say, every swing dancers should watch it. You will also find videos of the previous webinars.... https://www.collectivevoicesforchange.org/events See more

Last day to register to Karida Griffith's excellent 6-week class on integrating history and anti-racism concepts to Black American dance classes. I've done it and I highly recommend it! https://karida-griffith.mykajabi.com/R3D-enrollment-page