Swing! The Documentary

SWING! is an inside look into the culture of swing dancing and the characters who make it special. We explore the culture surrounding Swing dance from the emergence of the Lindy Hop to the modern day international phenomenon.

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Hey Portlanders! We’re thrilled to have not one, but TWO official screenings of Alive & Kicking Swing Documentary in Portland, Oregon, as part of the Portland International Film Festival!

Join us on Saturday, February 18 (6:30 p.m.) or Monday, February 20 (3:30 p.m.) and see this fun, exciting, uplifting new film. Celebrate swing dance and its wonderful community!

Stick around after the film for a Q&A with the director, Susan Glatzer. 

Details and tickets available here: https://nwfilm.org/films/alive-kicking/

Join our Facebook event too, and share it with your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/1812972922305469/

Hope to see you there!

(Can’t come to Portland in February? Fear not! Alive & Kicking will be released in select theatres nationwide and on demand on April 7!)

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Hey New Yorkers! We’re thrilled to announce an official sneak peek of our new Alive & Kicking Swing Documentary at LINCOLN CENTER! They’re showing our fun, exciting, uplifting film as part of their awesome Dance on Camera Festival! Join us on Monday, February 6, 2017, and stay after the film for a Q&A with our director, Susan Glatzer!

Details and tickets available here: http://www.filmlinc.org/films/alive-and-kicking/

Join our Facebook event too (thanks to George Gee for helping to set it up), and share it with your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/253750738394296/

Hope to see you there!

(Can’t come to New York in February? Fear not! Alive & Kicking will be released in select theatres nationwide and on demand on April 7!)

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Camp Hollywood is a proud sponsor of "Alive and Kicking," the swing documentary. We have 2 tickets at the low, low price of $185 each! Wow, that's $65 dollars off the current price! What a great deal for procrastinators! Go to http://aliveandkickingfilm.com/events/

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We at Swing the Doc have been working steadily despite our recent silence, and now we have BIG NEWS:

Our newly-titled film “Alive and Kicking” will be premiering at SXSW!! Please read about this and other recent developments on our latest blog post!

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Camp Hollywood 2015!

Camp Hollywood 2015 is right around the corner! Will we see you there?

  Camp Hollywood 2015 is right around the corner, and we hope to see you there! This year’s Camp Hollywood is Labor Day Weekend, September 4-7, at the LAX Marriott in Los Angeles, and we’re excited to be back shooting videos for the event. Come to our table and say hello. We’ll have our T-shirts available for purchase, as well as our Special Compilation reward—though you can of course get that…

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Update: Composer on Board!

Read the latest great news on our Swing Documentary: We have a Composer!

We’re making excellent progress on the documentary; things are moving fast and furious now! We’re working hard to dot all the Ts and cross all the eyes (wait, that’s not how that goes…). Our post schedule now has us working with our composer. Of course, we will have great swing music in the film, but we still need to score the narrative sections of the film. It has been exciting to have someone…

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Our Special Compilation Reward is Available!

Our Special Compilation Reward is Available! Read about it on our blog:

George Gee looks on as Dawn Hampton dances with John Dokes in Swing the Doc’s special compilation of lessons and performances. Great News! Now that we are close to finishing the film, we’re thrilled that we have fulfilled one of our backer rewards! We’ve completed our compilation of lessons and performances from Lindy Hop’s legends and today’s top swing dancers, including Frankie Manning, Jean…

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Don't forget, Tuba Skinny, one of Swing The Doc​'s favorite New Orleans bands, is coming to SoCal for 1 Night Only! They're playing the Ivy Substation, an intimate venue in Culver City, on August 1st at 8 p.m. Go to the Actor's Gang website and use the code TUBA for a $10 discount!  

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Uh-oh! Camp Hollywood's early bird rates go up in only 2 days (on Thursday July 16)--But fear not! Swing the Doc has 1 discounted Full Weekend pass available for purchase! For only $225, get the pass, a digital download of Swing the Doc, and your name listed in the credits. You can support us and have a great time at Camp Hollywood at the same time. Grab it now! 

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Don't miss the Cicada Club's special Van Alexander Centennial Swing Dance Party, with friends of Swing the Doc, Chester Whitmore and George Gee and his Swing Orchestra! Van Alexander, scheduled to appear that night, is the last surviving member of the Chick Webb organization and a direct link to the pre-WWI Big Band Era. Celebrate his 100th birthday with him! Special guests include Barbara Morrison and John Dokes. Sunday, July 12 at the Cicada Club. Get your tickets today! 

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One of our favorite New Orleans bands is coming to SoCal for 1 Night Only! Tuba Skinny is playing the Ivy Substation, an intimate venue in Culver City, on August 1st at 8 p.m. Go to the Actor's Gang website and use the code TUBA for a $10 discount! 

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A very happy 87th birthday to the legendary Dawn Hampton! Here's to at least 87 more years of dancing!

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We have exciting news! You may have heard of Skywalker Ranch, George Lucas' facility that does the sound for very big budget movies and has won 18 Academy Awards. As their schedule allows, they will, on rare occasions, take on a small film they really like for an insanely reduced rate. We just found out they really love our film and want to do our sound. This is a huge step forward for us and we are thrilled to be working with Skywalker. The force is with us! But this also means we need to expedite our sound related post-production to be ready for them. As you know, our Kickstarter campaign was to get us to a rough cut. Since then, we raised additional funds to finish editing, get a picture lock, and start post-production. Skywalker has a slot for us at the beginning of August so we need to raise money now. Please consider making a donation on our website: http://ow.ly/NwFed. Whatever you can do will be extremely helpful. Thanks so much! Team Swing

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Today is the great Frankie Manning's 101st birthday! Let's celebrate with his most famous and well-known clip from Hellzapoppin'! When you're done, go do some dancing!

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The legendary Billie Holiday was born 100 years ago today, on April 7, 1915. So play this video, grab your sweetie and do a little blues dance in honor of Lady Day. https://youtu.be/iNgy5zDtW-s

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Hey all! There's a lot happening at Swing the Doc lately, including our PARTY this Saturday, and available dance passes for your favorite camps! Read about it on our blog: http://ow.ly/LgT9L

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Los Angeles friends: Please come to this weekend's memorial for Mark "Torch" Tortorici, who sadly passed away last October. Two memorial fundraisers are planned for this Saturday, February 8: one during the day at Fred Astaire studio in Pasadena, and one in the evening at Joe's in Burbank. Live music, dancing, and remembrances are all part of the event. Find more info here:  http://ow.ly/IAsJK