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Our Research

When we began our dance careers, we cared mainly about dancing and getting better. In the last four years, however, our concern has shifted toward helping preserve our nation's rich social jazz dance heritage by keeping older jazz dances alive and interviewing dancers from the Jazz Age and Swing Era. We collect footage of early jazz dancing for the purposes of breaking down the material to perform, teach and preserve for future generations. If you can help in our research, either by sharing footage of a family member's dancing or putting us in touch with a family member who dances, we would greatly appreciate it.

What's New

We recently returned from an incredible research trip to Florida where we spent time and studied with two exceptional dancers who had mentored and inspired our teachers, John and Rose Lucchese. John and Rose Lucchese are living dance history. John started dancing in the 1930s and continues dancing to this day. Over the years, he's danced everything from Lindy Hop, Peabody, Collegiate Shag, Foxtrot, and Waltz to Mambo, Cha Cha, Pachanga, Argentine Tango, Twist, Hustle. He not only danced them all, but at the most influential venues, including the Savoy Ballroom, Club Fordham, Old and New Roseland, the Palladium and many more. Rose is no slouch herself. She won the Harvest Moon Ball in 1963. The talks and the lessons were unforgettable. We discovered new information about what social jazz dancing was like and new steps handed down by two great dancers.