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Swing Night! Presented by Amanda Kupillas Dance + RiverArts

May 21, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Couple swing dancing on city street at night.

Swing Night!

Music: Vince Giordano and The Mini Hawks
Dance: Gaby Cook, Professional lindy hopper and instructor

Saturday, May 21
The Good Witch Coffee Bar
at Train Station, 134 Southside Ave
Hastings-on-Hudson

Tickets: 
Full Evening with Dance Instruction 7–10pm  $40 per person
Music and Open Dance (no instruction) 8–10pm  $30 per person

Join RiverArts and Amanda Kupillas Dance for an exhilarating evening of music and dancing outdoors at the Good Witch Coffee Bar in Hastings-on-Hudson. Featuring Grammy-winning musician and bandleader Vince Giordano and his band The Mini Hawks and swing dance with professional lindy hopper, Gaby Cook.

Begin your evening at 7pm with Swing Dance instruction from Gaby Cook and her partner, who will guide you through all the steps you need to make an impression on the dance floor! (Dance will be taught with partners, however you do not need to have a partner to sign up!)

Live music begins at 8pm as Vince Giordano and the band transport you to another time under the stars, with NYC and the Palisades as your backdrop.

The Good Witch Coffee Bar will be open at 6:30 with wine, beverages, and other goodies for purchase.

Schedule

  • 6:30pm: Check-in and grab a drink at The Good Witch• 7:00-8:00pm: Swing Dance Group Lesson with Gaby Cook • 8:00-10:00pm: Vince Giordano and The Mini Hawks play and dance floor opens up to public
Vince Giordano
Grammy winner, New York native and multi-instrumentalist
vincegiordano.com/
Vince Giordano has played in New York nightclubs, appeared in films such as The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Finding Forrester, Revolutionary Road, Café Society, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and for concerts at the Town Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Newport Jazz Festival and the 92nd St. Y for the past four decades. Recording projects include soundtracks for the award-winning Boardwalk Empire with vocalists like Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Regina Spector, Liza Minelli, Rufus Wainwright and David Johansen.  

Giordano’s passion, commitment to authenticity and knowledge led him to create a sensational band of like-minded players, the Nighthawks. For over 40 years, Vince Giordano has single handedly kept alive a wonderful genre of American music that continues to spread the joy and pathos of an era that shaped our nation.
Gaby Cook
Dancer and Educator: Swing, lindy hop
gabycook.com/
Gaby Cook is an esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community. For nearly 20 years, she has established her career, teaching and performing worldwide for events such as Herräng Dance Camp, Paris Jazz Roots and Lindy Focus. She leads two swing and jazz based dance companies: Wild Rhythm Dance Company and Gatsby Entertainment. These companies have been featured on stages such as Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out Series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The 92nd St Y, Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center and many appearances at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center.

In New York, Gaby curates and teaches a swing dance educational program with Caleb Teicher and Nathan Bugh at the 92Y. In class, she is playful, informative and honest.  Through teaching dance, she seeks connect new audiences to the immensely rich history of swing-era dances. She prioritizes equality for followers and leaders in the classroom space — and has championed a movement first approach to teaching partnered dance content.  

Notable performances include: The Stage Premiere of SW!NG OUT produced by the Joyce Theater dir. Caleb Teicher, Principal Dancer (2021), and The Kennedy Center 50th Anniversary Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing) performing for Latasha Barnes with Ray Chen, Christian McBride, Diana Reeves and the National Symphony Orchestra, Principal Dancer (2021)

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Details

Date:
May 21, 2022
Time:
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Categories:
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Venue

The Good Witch Coffee Bar
134 Southside Ave
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 United States
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