We’re gonna have a dance at 7:00 pm on September 23rd at Studio Necola. It’s a DJ’ed swing music dance. Booking is mandatory. Check out the TSDS Swing Calendar for the details.
Live Music Every Day in Tokyo
Some of us are gonna go dancing at WTD on August 2nd. Why don’t you join us? Live music there takes place at 9 till 11pm.
There are a lot of inquiries like where they can go dancing in Tokyo. Tokyo Swing Dance Society has regular socials with recorded music weekly in general as written on the TSDS calendar. BTW, do you know What The Dickens, a music night club at Ebisu that has live music almost every day? We’ve never seen pure swing bands there, but they play Bluse, Country, Contemporary Fork, Soul, R&B. Funk, Rock, Jazz Manouche and Pop. Although it might be difficult to dance to those tunes a little for beginner lindyhoppers, there are still some possibilities of dancing for experienced swing dancers. No music charge at WTD. 9-11pm is a core dance time.
July 29th: Group Discussion of GQ’s article about Lindyhop from 1930s to 2020s
GQ Magazine 2000年12月号に掲載されたLindyhop リバイバルに関する超有名にして超名文の記事の読書研究会です。その英文記事がとても素晴らしいので、英語でそのまま輪読し、必要に応じて Necola のライブラリー参考資料や映像と併せて研究・考察を深めていきます。英語の原文をベースにした、日本語での研究会です。以下の４人の講師が一人30分程度で担当部分の内容を説明し、最後に全体でディスカッションを進めます。初めての方や英語の苦手な方でも、聴講生としてご参加いただけます。
7月29日14:00-17:00pm at Studio Necola
続きを読む July 29th: Group Discussion of GQ’s article about Lindyhop from 1930s to 2020s
R.I.P.
Yoshiharu “Hirarin” Hirabayashi passed away on August 22nd, 2023. He was one of the best swing jazz drummers in Japan. Rest In Peace.
Necola Premium Hop, Tokyo
We’re gonna have a dance with them at Studio Necola at 1:30 pm on September 16th, 2023.
Hirofumi Asaba on guitar and Nobuyuki Yano on bass.
Yuka Deguchi will be featured on jazz vocals.
Booking is required HERE in advance. 4,000 Yen per person. Never miss it!
PLUS: Chieko Saito is gonna join us with her trumpet who graduated Kyoto Tachibana High School Band a.k.a. Kyoto’s Orange Devils that is now recognized as number one marching swinging and dancing band especially in the world of YouTube.
特別ゲストとして京都橘高等学校吹奏楽部（オレンジの悪魔）の卒業生で、1961年に同部を立ち上げた平松久司先生の薫陶を受けた、齋藤知江子さんがトランペットを持参して参加されます。
Avantgardey, New Jazz Dance from Japan? ;)
SHINJUKU JAZZ FEST & TOKYO LX 2023 were over
May 12th: TLX Blues Night with dj’ed music
May 13th: TLX at Shinjuku Jazz Festival
May 14th: TLX Bal Fiesta with dj’ed music
May 14th: TLX Necola Premium Swing Night
Details HERE.
Lisa & Fabien at TSDS25 was over
Thank you so much for joining 11 dance workshops and and three dances. It was so fun. Hope they will come back to Tokyo again!
Full video HERE
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Naatu, Swing and Indian Independence Movement
Have you already enjoyed RRR? RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” won the Academy Award 2023 for best original song.
この映画、1920年代のイギリス植民地支配に対するインド独立闘争が時代背景で、その実、インド映画ならではのダンスファイトを中心に持ってきたエンターテインメント映画。ハイライトは Naatu Naatu という歌詞の歌に合わせて Naatu dance で対決するシーンでした。2023年のアカデミー賞のベストオリジナルソング部門を取りました。