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- 2010-02-1920ies Charleston and Authentic Jazz
BEGINNERS JAZZ INTRO - 2 DAYS OF GETTING THE STEPS!
NOTE!! Starts this Saturday
Whether you just want to get the step on a stand-alone workshop or you want to prepare yourself for joining the springs Charleston & Authentic Jazz class : here is you chance to practice the classic steps such as the Susie Q, the Shorty George, the Fall Of The Log...and all that jazz!
We will structure the class aorund the famous Shim Sham which contains most of the need-to-know jazzstep of swingdancing. You will, however also be dancing freely, plying with styles and qualities, so that you can make use of the steps in the context of your own creativity.
Being able to dance on your own also improves your skills as a dancepartner!
Read more >> - 2009-04-27R.I.P Frankie Manning 1914 - 2009
No one has contributed more to the Lindy Hop than Frankie Manning -- as a dancer, innovator and choreographer. For much of his lifetime he has been an unofficial Ambassador of Lindy Hop. Originally touring as a dancer and choreographer with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in the 30's and 40's, he helped spread the popularity of the Lindy Hop through three continents. Once again, since the swing dance revival that started in the 1980s, Frank Manning has been a driving force worldwide with his teaching, choreography and performance. His own love of swing music and dancing has been as contagious as his dazzling smile.
Now it's your turn. A one... a two... you know what to do...
Read more >> - 2009-03-18Live photos from the jubilee
Photos from this Saturday are now up. Check out the gallery!
A big thanks to everyone who came out and partied with us. We had an amazing night with live performances from J.Tex, Movits and HepCat Daddies.Do you have any good photos from this or other HepCat nights? Please send them to hooke@heptown.com
Read more >> - 2008-10-24Jazz Special - Swingstorming
Read the article "Swing er faktisk dansejazz" in the October/November issue of JazzSpecial, written by Signe Frydenlund and Kit Blædel. The article is about the Copenhagen Swingstorming group who meet on Facebook to gatecrash swing concerts, turning them into dance events to the joy of both musicians and audience - as in the good old swing days.
Read more about where to buy this issue of JazzSpecial at http://www.jazzspecial.dk/ and check out where the swingstormers go next time (and storm along!) at the Swingstorming group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12008519494.
Read more >> - 2008-10-03Welcome to the garage!
Our house Saint 21, aka the garage, used to be the ambulance garage at Saint Lars insane asylum. To us it feels like home.
Get the inside story in our new blog
Read more >> - 2007-11-05Are you on Facebook?
Here are some cool groups:
HepTown Records, our own label:
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5114278983
Black Cats Blues Lounge, an unofficial cocktail party...
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6826992533
Cats' Corner, givin' ya sweet Swing every Thursday
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4998681870
Hepcats Copenhagen, the CPH Swing Cats.
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2423594008 HepCats Scania, an independent group for all the Cats & Kittens in the region.
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4067359675
Read more >> - 2007-10-14Cultural Night - HepCats featured in TV and Newspapers
Danish "TV2" and danish "Politiken" fell in love with "Swinging HepCats" dancing at Arbejdermuseet this Friday.
They were playing 50's music and the HepCats were dancing and giving free "Learn-The-Moves" classes. And this caught the attention of the media. See the pictures at Politiken and the video at TV2 (requires Windows Media Player).
And...in case you are not a dancer, swing by "www.swing-dans.dk" and sign up for one of the coming Beginners Weekends.
Read more >> - 2007-10-11Photos from Club HepCat with Ray Collins Hot-Club
Photos from Club HepCat in Lund on the 6th october are already up. Check them out in the photo galleries.
Read more >> - 2007-09-30Succesful premiere for Scat Cats Live Ballroom
As expected, last thursdays big premiere for Scats Cats Live Ballroom at Tangopalatset, featuring Round Midnight Big Band , became a big success... Check our galleries!
Read more >> - 2007-07-05Frankie's book reviewed in Politiken (DK)
Frankie Mannings Biography was released on his 93rd Birthday on May 26th this year. Politiken in Denmark printed a long review on July 2nd, which is also available for free online.
Read more >> - 2007-06-24Thanks for the Stocka Möllan Swing Festival
Big thanks too all volunteers, organizers, dancers, listeners, musicians and all other that made this camp happen. A special thanks too Gunhild Carling whom without none of this would have happened...
Read more >> - 2007-06-20Lots of new photos!
Lots of new photos have been uploaded recently, check them out in the photogalleries.
Read more >> - 2007-06-11Cop-Hop Spring 07 - thank you!
A big thank you to all involved in the "Cop-Hop Spring 07" in Copenhagen June 9th-10th!
We hope that everybody was happy (and tired) Sunday evening.
A huge thank you to the people volunteering to administer registrations, to take care of the food at the party, to decorate Studenterhuset and of course to the band at the party.
A special thank you to our fantastic teachers: Joanna, Henric, Jessica and Dan.
And finally a very special thank you to all the participants; you made the workshop!
Videos and pictures from the workshop are now available on-line.
Read more >> - 2007-05-12Frankie Manning's biography and birthday
Finally a biography on the life of the legendary Frankie Manning has been released. Written by Frankie himself and Cynthia Millman this book portraits his life as one of the legendary Whitey's lindy hoppers in the 1930's until his life today as a lindy hop teacher.
To celebrate his birthday on the 26th of may, the international lindy hop community encourages you all to buy this book on that perticular day on amazon.com to make it a no.1 bestseller.
Read more >> - 2007-02-19Photos from Club HepCat are up
Now you can find photos from Club HepCat in Malmoe 10th of February in the photo galleries
Read more >> - 2007-02-04HepCat Café Copenhagen
We are happy to announce that HepCat Café Copenhagen now have their own page on our site presenting all things they do and all their events. Check it out!
Read more >> - 2006-12-12Photos from DJ Battle and Christmas Lunch
Now you can find photos from both the DJ Battle in Malmoe 9th of December and the Christmas Lunch in Copenhagen on the 10th of December in the photo galleries
Read more >> - 2006-12-05Photos from Club HepCat are up
Now you can find photos from Club HepCat both in Malmoe 11th of November and in Copenhagen on the 2nd of December in the photo galleries
Read more >> - 2006-11-14Photos from the Leo Mathisen celebration are up
Now you can find photos from the Leo Mathisen celebration in Copenhagen on the 5th November galleries
Read more >> - 2006-10-17Carling family music video
Check out this awesome music video from the Carling Family featuring the Harlem Hot Shots dance troupe Google video link
Read more >> - 2006-10-16Photos from last Club Hep Cat are up
Now you can find photos from Club Hep Cat in Malmö on the 14th October with Betty Blue and the boat gig crew and from the Swing battle in Lund on the 6th of October in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-10-05Photos from the dance party are up
Now you can find photos from the dance party in Malmö on the 30th of september in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-09-12Photos from last Club Hep Cat are up
Now you can find photos from Club Hep Cat in Copenhagen on the 1st and Malmö on the 2nd of september with Jennie Löbel & Swing Kings in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-05-22Photos from the support party in Copenhagen are up
Now you can find photos from the Hep Cat Cph Support Party in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-04-29Photos from last Club Hep Cat are up
Now you can find photos from Club Hep Cat in Malmö on the 28th of april with Elin Wrede Quartet in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-04-09Photos from the Swing Battle are up
Now you can find photos from the Swing Battle in Lund on the 8th of april in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-03-06Photos from last Club Hep Cat are up
Now you can find photos from Club Hep Cat in Lund on the 5th of march with Doxy Music in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-02-25Photos from Club HepCat 24/2 are up
Now you can find photos from Club Hep Cat in Malmoe on the 24th of february with Joe Spinaci & the Brookolino Orchestra in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-02-15Photos from last Club Hep Cat are up
Now you can find photos from Club Hep Cat in Lund on the 11th of february with Gunhild Carling in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-02-06New cheap dance instruction series - Clips on DVD
Hep Cat Store now sells a new cheap series of DVDs with dance instructions, Clips on DVD. The series contains different aspects of lindy hop and other related dances.
Read more >> - 2006-01-31Photos from last weekend are up
Already you can find photos from the Dance Party and the Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding concert in our galleries
Read more >> - 2006-01-29Herräng Dance Camp in danger!
Politicians want to shut down the school in Herräng! This would be devastating for the village and the camp during summer 2007 and later years (2006 will still happen).
Read more >> - 2006-01-17HepTown gets a new web site!
You're all welcome to this great new web site! Great new design, lots of new functionality and better integrated discussion forum. And of top of that you can control the information you want.
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