Lindy Jazz Parties
THE JIVING LINDY HOPPERS
* Europe's first and the world's longest surviving professional Lindy Hop dance company on the road today.
* The only swing dance company to have completed two coast-to-coast theatre performance tours of the USA since the original Swing Era.
*Has inspired and launched the widespread swing dance scene in the UK today.
*Has an unrivalled repertoire of original/authentic jazz dance styles taught to it by surviving dancers from the Swing Era along with new ones choreographed by company members.
.... what people say about
THE JIVING LINDY HOPPERS
'The Jiving Lindy Hoppers. . ..pour out thrilling dance moves, one after the other'
Edinburgh Evening News
. . ..the dancers who leave the crowd whistling and baying for more
The Guardian
'Rarely, if ever, have I come across such an atmosphere as is generated by the Jiving Lindy Hoppers, nor an audience leaving the theatre in so elated a mood'
Jersey Evening Post
'What a tremendous performance you gave! Every one of the estimated 8000 people you performed to over 2 nights and the 2000 children in the daylight performances were enchanted and delighted ... you are the most co-operative and professional group it has been my pleasure to work with this season'
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York
'... they were joined by the specialist Jiving Lindy Hoppers in a brilliant routine of their own to bring down the curtain on what can only be called another triumph...'
The Stage
'The seven rug-cutters of the London based Jiving Lindy Hoppers worked themselves and their unbuttoned audience into a fine lather at the Smithsonian's Baird Auditorium on Monday night ... their collective performances manage to retain the wholly spontaneous, improvisatory, uninhibited spirit of swing dance in its heyday.'
Washington Post
'The Gilded Balloon is a long way from Harlem's Apollo Theatre but the stage is just big enough for them to demonstrate the style and virtuosity which got them a spot at that prestigious place.'
Festival Times, Edinburgh Fringe
'There are some incredible dancers in the company' The Scotsman
'These exuberant and energetic dancers dazzle the audience with their quick footed skill'
Edinburgh Festival Times
'The constant seems to be the Jiving Lindy Hoppers and it is impossible to overestimate their contribution ...... a very polished troupe indeed'
The stage
'finger snappin' good' The Times
'Precision jive not seen accomplished since the 1940's' The Stage
* Europe's first and the world's longest surviving professional Lindy Hop dance company on the road today.
* The only swing dance company to have completed two coast-to-coast theatre performance tours of the USA since the original Swing Era.
*Has inspired and launched the widespread swing dance scene in the UK today.
*Has an unrivalled repertoire of original/authentic jazz dance styles taught to it by surviving dancers from the Swing Era along with new ones choreographed by company members.
.... what people say about
THE JIVING LINDY HOPPERS
'The Jiving Lindy Hoppers. . ..pour out thrilling dance moves, one after the other'
Edinburgh Evening News
. . ..the dancers who leave the crowd whistling and baying for more
The Guardian
'Rarely, if ever, have I come across such an atmosphere as is generated by the Jiving Lindy Hoppers, nor an audience leaving the theatre in so elated a mood'
Jersey Evening Post
'What a tremendous performance you gave! Every one of the estimated 8000 people you performed to over 2 nights and the 2000 children in the daylight performances were enchanted and delighted ... you are the most co-operative and professional group it has been my pleasure to work with this season'
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York
'... they were joined by the specialist Jiving Lindy Hoppers in a brilliant routine of their own to bring down the curtain on what can only be called another triumph...'
The Stage
'The seven rug-cutters of the London based Jiving Lindy Hoppers worked themselves and their unbuttoned audience into a fine lather at the Smithsonian's Baird Auditorium on Monday night ... their collective performances manage to retain the wholly spontaneous, improvisatory, uninhibited spirit of swing dance in its heyday.'
Washington Post
'The Gilded Balloon is a long way from Harlem's Apollo Theatre but the stage is just big enough for them to demonstrate the style and virtuosity which got them a spot at that prestigious place.'
Festival Times, Edinburgh Fringe
'There are some incredible dancers in the company' The Scotsman
'These exuberant and energetic dancers dazzle the audience with their quick footed skill'
Edinburgh Festival Times
'The constant seems to be the Jiving Lindy Hoppers and it is impossible to overestimate their contribution ...... a very polished troupe indeed'
The stage
'finger snappin' good' The Times
'Precision jive not seen accomplished since the 1940's' The Stage