Dance
Workshop
Lindy Hop Workshop by KL Swing
PARC
3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Main Stage
Lindy Hop is a partnered social dance that originated back in the 1920s in Harlem, New York. It is danced to Swing Jazz music.
Lindy hop is a FUN partnered dance that emerged during the 1930s and 40s in Harlem, New York alongside Big Band swing and jazz. Just like the blues, this art form rose from the Afro American community and eventually became mainstream, spreading to Europe and the rest of the world during World War II.
A joyful and improvisational dance, it is a wonderful way to connect with a partner and with music.
Come and learn the very basics in this Introductory workshop and explore dancing with others.
About the Artiste / Group
KL Swing! is the pioneering group in Kuala Lumpur dedicated to a love of Lindy Hop and Swing Jazz.
The story of how Ming Pang & Jordan Saw (affectionately known as ‘JorMing’) built KL Swing.
After 6 years dancing in Singapore and 1 more in San Francisco, Ming Pang returned to Malaysia and lasted 6 months before the no-dancing became unbearable.
With help from the new Facebook group, the first KL Swing workshop was held in a beauty salon in Bangsar in 2008! The unusual venue was a result of an afternoon pounding the pavement in Bangsar, and was just the beginning of their constant search for danceable floors.
Jordan Saw showed up at the first Christmas workshop and never left.
