For students interested in dance, the University of Minnesota’s U-Swing club offers an educational space to explore swing dancing and its history.
The group meets weekly, providing students with an instructed lesson centered on East and West Coast styles of swing dancing, followed by a social dance where participants can freestyle and get to know one another. The group begins the semester teaching basic skills, later building toward more advanced swing styles. U-Swing also educates students on the dance’s historical roots in Black culture and jazz music.
U-Swing hosted its last event of the semester on April 29, with a lesson on the Shim Sham, a style of line dancing, along with an end-of-year celebration during the social dance…