swing

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Swing dance boomed during periods of hardship—the Great Migration, the Great Depression, World War II. And for good reason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

After pop star Anne-Marie, surrounded by pyrotechnics and whirling dancers' limbs, had completed the pre-match show, it took only three minutes for the first chorus of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot to ring around the stands.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

It had a lot to do with Teddy Riley — the father of New Jack Swing — who set up camp in Virginia Beach along with his Future Recording Studios.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Then the orchestra played excerpts from Dvorak's New World Symphony and I kept hearing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" resounding through its dominant theme—my mother's and grandfather's favorite spiritual.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison