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  2. Sylvia Sykes - Wikipedia

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    She is an inductee into the National Swing Dance Hall of Fame [4] and the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. [5] She is a U.S. Open champion, [6] was the NASDE top point winner, [7] two time California Balboa Champion, took third place in the National Carolina Shag Dance Championships, and won many Strictly Swing [8] and Jack and Jill dance contests through the U.S. in Lindy Hop, [9] balboa ...

  3. 2024 in dance sports - Wikipedia

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    3.1 2024 WDSF Dance sport World Championships. 3.2 2024 World Open. 3.3 2024 GrandSlam. 4 References. 5 External links. Toggle the table of contents. 2024 in dance ...

  4. Jack and Jill (dance) - Wikipedia

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    In dance competitions J&J is included as a separate division (or divisions, with additional gradations). J&J is popular at Swing conventions, as well as at ballroom dance competitions in the US. J&J competitions are intended to test social dance skills, whereas fixed partner "showcase" competitions test performance dance skills. [5]

  5. Heidi Groskreutz - Wikipedia

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    Heidi Groskreutz, born September 3, 1981, is a dancer from Cliffside Park, New Jersey, [1] and raised in Newport Beach, California.She specializes in Latin and swing dancing, and as of 2006, is a six-time U.S. Open Swing Dance champion.

  6. Swing (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Charleston , Balboa , Lindy Hop , and Collegiate Shag .

  7. Hot Shots (dance companies) - Wikipedia

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    When members of the Harlem Hot Shots took over the locale, they slowly remodeled and created a dance studio with an old-fashioned nightclub atmosphere called Chicago Swing Dance Studio. The locale is 350 m 2 with a dance floor that is approximately 180 m 2 and includes an office, storage area, kitchen, rest rooms, and a sitting area.

  8. Whitey's Lindy Hoppers - Wikipedia

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    Al Minns, Leon James, Frankie Manning, and Norma Miller are the most notable members of the group - Minns and James in part for their role in the research of Jean and Marshall Stearns's influential book Jazz Dance, Minns for his work with the Hot Shots during the swing revival in the 1980s, Manning for his role in contributing to the swing revival after Minns died in 1985, and Miller for her ...

  9. United Country Western Dance Council - Wikipedia

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    The United Country Western Dance Council (UCWDC) is an organization that advocates for and organizes competitive country/western dancesport events. UCWDC regionally-sanctioned events are hosted in more than two dozen U.S. cities and also in the nations of Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, [1] [2] South Korea, Belgium, Malaysia, Ireland, Japan, China, South Africa, and Lithuania.