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Tuesday, January
29
Admission: Free, $10 minimum
Showtimes: 8pm
reservations
are recommended
Social dance historian Chad Fasca will
screen rare dance film clips from old Hollywood movies, newsreels,
and Vitaphone shorts spanning the Jazz Age through the Rock n'
Roll era, including rare footage of Vernon and Irene Castle (the
original stars of ballroom), the Harvest Moon Ball (the Madison
Square Garden contest that captivated New York), Whitey's Lindy
Hoppers (the Savoy Ballroom troupe that brought big air to dancing),
the 1939 World's Fair, the Varsity Drag, and much more. The clips
will cover our America's dancing past, including the Lindy Hop,
Charleston, Peabody, Balboa, Shag, Rock n' Roll, as well as a
few dancing oddities. Following the screening, Chad will DJ,
spinning swing tunes for social dancing.
http://www.fasca.net/
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