Well, what actually is Lindy Hop?

Black music from the 1930's – that's Swing. The body is moving to Swing. To move well is fun – that is Lindy Hop.
Lindy Hop is the ancestor of Boogie Woogie, but it is danced more earth bound. Stand low on your feet, push your upper body forward, a lot of laughing and let's go. It really is a social dance. That means: Fun is more important than skills, and togetherness will override loneliness. The german magazine Der Spiegel entitled Lindy Hop to the point: wedding for three minutes.
As the story goes, there was a charity dance-marathon in New York City in 1927, shortly after Charles Lindbergh's (known as Lucky Lindy) triumphant hop across the Atlantic. A reporter saw Snowden break away from his partner and improvise a few steps in a style that was popular in Harlem. What was that? he asked. Snowden thought for a few seconds and replied, I'm doin' the Hop...the Lindy Hop. The name stuck.

Lip Hop – Lindy Hop Festival

The festival is organized by the dance association TSC Castell Lippstadt e.V. and is called LipHop which is pretty short compared to Lippstadt Lindy Hop Festival.

But it is you, the Lindy Hop dancers from throughout Europa, that make the LipHop this unique, warm family like festival. We play the music and you jump, jive and swing all day and night! Once a year it feels like coming home.

HI DE HO

Your LipHop-Team
Karina, Godehard and Uli