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Rittenhop Weekly Social Dance

Sunday, February 15 at 1:00 PM

Every Sunday from 1–3:30 p.m., swing dancers take over a corner of Rittenhouse Square for Philadelphia's free outdoor Lindy Hop social dance. Rittenhop has been running for over a decade, keeping alive a quintessentially American dance that originated in Harlem's African American communities during ...

Rittenhop Weekly Social Dance

Sunday, February 15 at 1:00 PM·1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.·1800 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Every Sunday from 1–3:30 p.m., swing dancers take over a corner of Rittenhouse Square for Philadelphia's free outdoor Lindy Hop social dance. Rittenhop has been running for over a decade, keeping alive a quintessentially American dance that originated in Harlem's African American communities during the late 1920s—some say the name honored Charles Lindbergh's famous "hop" across the Atlantic in 1927. Regulars do Lindy Hop and Charleston to DJ'd jazz, with occasional live bands. No experience or p...

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Rittenhop Weekly Social Dance starts at 1:00 p.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m.

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