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Swango is a dance revue conceived and choreographed by Mariela Franganillo and Robert Royston, with a script by Rupert Holmes and a potpourri of tango and swing music. The original production played in the off-Broadway Swing 46 jazz club in 2002 [1] and moved to the Helen Hayes Theater in Nyack, New York, in 2003. It received mixed reviews.
The Roseland was a mostly European American swing dance club. With swing's rise to popularity and Harlem becoming a connected black community, The Savoy gave the rising talented and passionate black dancers an equally beautiful venue. The ballroom, which was 10,000 square feet in size, was on the second floor and a block long.
In 2010, Robert Royston created One Ride, a music and dance production that tells the story of the rodeo cowboy. In 2010, country singer Luke Kaufman paid tribute to LeDoux in his song Broncin' from the album Cowboy Baller, "Soakin' up tapes of Chris LeDoux".
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In the 1950s, a type of swing dance known as the "Imperial Style" originated at the Club Imperial. [3] [13] Tommy Clements's dance studio, The Tommy Clements School of Dance, was located at the Club Imperial. [14] In 1959, Edick hosted a television show at the Club Imperial, TV Party, which was broadcast on KTVI-2. [15] [5]
Swing dancing clubs and contests are still held around the world. [20] The American Bop Association (ABA) is a non-profit corporation of 34 member swing dance clubs who are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the broad range of dance and music styles more commonly known as bop, all forms of swing, jitterbug, and shag. [24]
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