April 18 2025: Lindy Hop Workshop w/ Gaby Cook
Touring with the Hot Toddies Jazz Band is
world-renowned dance instructor Gaby Cook, who will be teaching a
special hour and a half intermediate-and-above level Lindy Hop
workshop right before the Gatsby Gala!
Moves that Move, Moves that
Groove!
In this workshop, Gaby shares fresh lindy vocab to encourage
dynamic movement and challenge students' lead/follow skills. This
sequence will include moves that balance zippy momentum with a
groovin' half time feel.
Workshop will be 6:30-8:00pm, downstairs from
the Rose Room in Studio Rosette. Cost will be $30
preregistered
Register
here!
Gaby Cook is an
esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community.
For 20 years, she has established her career performing and
teaching for major swing dance festivals worldwide -
including Stompology, Swing Out New
Hampshire, Camp Hollywood, Beantown, Herräng Dance Camp,
Lindy on the Rocks, Paris Jazz Roots and Lindy Focus. On stage, she
is a principal dancer for the acclaimed "SW!NG OUT", which
premiered at the Joyce theater (2021) and tours regularly. Other
stage credits include: "Macy's Day Parade Live Broadcast" for
Nickelodeon's Blues Clues (2022), "Swing's the Thing" with the
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (2023), "Decades of Dance" at the BET
Soultrain Awards (2021), "Don't Mean a Thing" with the National
Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (2021) and many
appearances in film and TV. She regularly advocates for lindy hop
in industry dance communities and is consistently "on-call" with
university dance programs (past: Julliard, Marymount, NYU,
Columbia).
In New York, Gaby curates and teaches several swing dance
programs, including Midtown Swing with AJ Howard. In class, she is
playful, informative and honest. She prioritizes equality for
followers and leaders in the classroom space - and has championed a
movement first approach to teaching partnered dance content. Online
at @gaby_cook