We ran across this neat article about Robyn Zeller, who goes by "Mama Swing," who has been bringing lindy hop to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the past year or so, running regular classes and a dance to live music at a local bar.
Having learned swing dancing and the Lindy Hop while she was in Beijing in 2005, and began to teach the steps to young teenagers. Arriving in Cambodia in mid 2009, she saw a gap in the market and began teaching others the infectious dance style.
“I love dancing, but at first it was very difficult to find someone else who was good at swing dancing in Cambodia. So I thought that if I wanted to find good dancers, I needed to open a dance club first.”
“If we compare the traditional dance of Cambodia with swing, Cambodian dance is more serious and gentle because dancers do not need to touch their partner’s hands and legs,” she explained.
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We ran across this neat article about Robyn Zeller, who goes by "Mama Swing," who has been bringing lindy hop to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the past year or so, running regular classes and a dance to live music at a local bar.
Great work, Mama Swing! Keep it up!
See their website http://www.pppswings.com/ for more information about lindy in Cambodia.
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