Known for exquisite weddings and other elegant events, the Houmas House and Gardens have ventured into the world of East Coast Swing and Jitterbug dance techniques. Beverly Cook, a dance instructor ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Alice Apodaca “was a character and a ham,” said her daughter Barbara Robb of Centennial. Other relatives echoed the assessment of Apocada, who died June 26.

Jitterbug proper is a dance that was made famous by Cab Calloway (of "Minnie the Moocher" fame). But, as I always understood it, jitterbug is also a general term for any kind of swing dance. They say ...

Newbies can learn to jitterbug at no cost Sundays at 5 p.m. at d.b.a. and at 8 p.m. at the AllWays Lounge, as well as 8 p.m. Mondays at Mimi’s in the Marigny. And free country western dance lessons ...

I’VE DONE THE basics of East Coast swing, and I’ve Lindy Hopped my way around the dance floor. But swing has so many styles of movement, I’ve discovered there’s always more to explore. When I realized ...

As a child, Phil Berry of Medina happened upon a dance that would later become a lifelong passion of his. He became mesmerized by The Lindy Hop, a dance characterized by fast rotations, swing outs and ...

Remember when you had to take dance classes sometimes in grade school? For some reason? And it would be embarrassing and you wouldn't know what you were doing and you always got paired up with a ...