thephotosocietyさんのインスタグラム写真 - (thephotosocietyInstagram)「Photos by @nickcobbing It took me longer than I thought to learn to dance, I’d seen someone cutting up the floor to a jazz band and I asked my friend what the dance style was. “I think it’s called Lindy Hop, you should take classes” she said. Ten years later I'm a ‘passable’ dancer and in the process I made lasting friendships and met some inspiring teachers and musicians. I got connected to a global community of people dancing to swing music -something I never imagined when I shyly opened the door to my first dance lesson. But then the activity that had lifted my spirits (and some days kept my head together) stopped abruptly. The global pandemic meant all partnered social dancing was effectively banned. Since March last year the teachers and musicians I got to know have been scraping by, performing digital lessons and concerts to solo dancers in their living rooms and kitchens. These 4 pictures are a memory of happier times and a tribute to the dancing community that welcomed me. I'm looking forward to an explosion of culture after a long period of enforced restriction. See you on the dancefloor! Photo 1 Renaud Rebeschini on double bass warms up dancers beginning an all-nighter outside the Folkets Hus @herrangdancecamp (dance festival in Sweden) Photo 2 @louisesingsjazz sings for dancers at the Ned (lobby of a hotel in London) Photo 3 Dancing to The London Dance Orchestra at the Ned Photo 4 Midnight on the floor of the Dansbanan @herrangdancecamp #dance #jazz #jazzdance #lindyhop #swingdance」1月29日 23時47分