| In 1993 they brought the phenomenia the Lindy Hop to Austria. They are well known in Austria as the couple who doing the Lindy Hop. | |
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Not only do they love to dance and love to teach, but they look fabulous doing it - a
shining example for aspiring swingers. They bring the Original
Phenomenia, the "Lindy
Hop" (also known to some as "The Jitterbug"), a happy
dance, the dance that
changes peoples live back to you! Lindy Hop a black dance created in the late 1920s at the
Savoy ballroom in Harlem, New York. It was one of the social dances to become popular in
both Black & White America dancing to the big swing giants of the era like Count Basie
or Chick Webb.
With an excellent combination of Boogie Woogie and Lindy Hop they formed their own style. This unique charakcter made them so popular in Austria! Since 1999 they are teaching Lindy Hop in dance schools all over Austria. Their workshops an classes are full of energy and fun. There next Workshpops
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| In 1993 they founded the first Austrian Lindy Hop show company
"Cool
& Crazy Jitterbugs". After one year of training and
choreographing they performed with "Back to
Harlem" (a travel to the Harlem of the 30s). |
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In 1998 they performed with their next show "The Jiving Bubbles". The show included dances from the crazy 20s to the rocking 50s. |
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Their actual Project is: The Millenium-Show "Swing Fever" - with a fresh new company, new costumes and host of exiting new dance routines they are well booked. In their new dance show they will take the audiance to the swinging 30s and 40s. Also they were included into the great project the Swinging City Süd 2000 as dancer, choreographer and moderator and therefore they choregraphed the dance show "Across the track" and performed with students of the dance school Schmid. But they are not only experts in Lindy Hop (Savoy Style and Hollywood Style). Their repertoire also includes such dances as Boogie-Woogie (Jitterbug of the 50s), Charleston, Black Bottom, Shag/Balboa, Authentic American Jazzdance: Shim Sham, Big Apple, Jitterbug Stroll and Blues |
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