Hosts: Åsa and Daniel Heedman, professional Lindy Hop artists, choreographers and instructors for 30 years.
In this podcast Åsa & Daniel and their guests share knowledge, reflections and advice to other Lindy Hoppers based on a personal history as highly experienced Lindy Hop dancers and teachers.
Åsa and Daniel has worked together for around 20 years, married for almost 15. Worked as professional dancers and teachers and traveled the world, later together with their two kids.
More info & their instructional videos: www.heedman.com
Lennart Westerlund, the founder of Herräng Dance Camp, tells his story about the camp and also gives intricate insights about differences within the swing dance community now and then.
17 Aug 2023
“If we do things right, we can affect people’s lives”
Daniel remembers when he lived in a cold storage under sweaty stage clothes while Åsa talks about when she was flown to Las Vegas for a one-night show. They also talk about how it feels when people continue to wonder when they are going to get a "real job” and how they made it possible to continue to dance and travel the world with children. A recurring topic throughout this episode is passion and how you should continue to do what you love and also "what you cultivate, will also grow".
10 Aug 2023
“We have had the veteran African American dancers to be our guiding light…”
In this weeks episode we talk to Lennart Westerlund about important persons that he met throughout the years. Dancers he met or/and worked with like Mr Albert Minns, Frankie Manning and Billy Ricker (dancers from the “Whiteys Lindy hoppers”- considered as the best Lindy Hop dance troupe of all times), Harold and Fayard Nicholas from the famous tap duo “The Nicholas Brothers” and also Leonard Reed (who created the famous choreography “The Shim Sham”). He talks about his role models, how the dance has been a 100% of his life up until very recently. We ask him how he feels about this new situation and what he thinks about the future.
Episode guest - Lennart Westerlund; founder of the world famous dance troupe The Rhythm Hot Shots, founder and organizer of Herräng Dance Camp (world’s largest swing-dance camp) for more than 40 years. He has won Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater (NYC), choregraphed for both big and small productions. He is famous for his talk shows and has been called “A Swedish David Letterman”. He is an historian and is a frequently hired and appreciated dance teacher and lecturer in old-school American swing dance and show business history.
3 Aug 2023
“It’s only half of me left in a way…”
In this episode Daniel talks about how criticism is not dragging him down but rather gives him motivation to move forward. Åsa talks about how she first was hesitant towards getting a new dance partner.
Other than that they also discuss things like; if dance-technique actually is that important and how a perfect Swingout can lead to marriage,
children and a life-long relation… and much more.
27 Jul 2023
"That’s been my life since then; travelling the world teaching, performing and running Herräng Dance Camp”
Tasters from this episode:
Daniel remembers when he, after many years of dancing, got to know that Lindy hop is a dance originating from Harlem, New York and what his first idols in Lindy Hop meant to him as a teenager. We also get to hear his experience coming to Herräng Dance Camp.
Åsa talks about how she leaves school at the age of 16 to dedicate the rest of her life to Lindy Hop, how she fell in love the first year in Herräng and what it means to do something "full on".
More about us and our instructional videos: www.heedman.com
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