My name is Sharon Davis

I am an Australian dancer, based in London.
I dance Lindy Hop, Charleston, Blues & Burlesque

email / me@sharondavis.com.au
phone / +44 (0)777 444 6100 (UK)

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// Vintage Dance Videos
1920s Charleston

1920s Charleston

My new enormous 1920s Charleston compilation, with more vintage footage of the Charleston than you can shake a stick at (as we would say in Australia). See if you can spot these dancers: Joan Crawford, Leon James, Josephine Baker, Al Minns, Frankie Manning, Ginger Rogers, Pepsi B...
Dance Until You Drop: Dance Marathons of the 1930s

Dance Until You Drop: Dance Marathons of the 1930s

A new compilation I just posted on YouTube, with that fantastic footage of the mad dance marathons of the 1930s that lasted for up to 6 months!...
Modern Dancing by Irene & Vernon Castle

Modern Dancing by Irene & Vernon Castle

Below is the entire text of the book “Modern Dancing”, written in 1914 by the famous husband-and-wife ballroom dancing couple, Irene and Vernon Castle. They are credited with invigorating the popularity of modern dancing. They were inventors of a number of dances, inc...
John Bubbles in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

John Bubbles in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

I’m down in Buenos Aires, Argentina right now, Juan’s hometown. Tonight we went out to see a kickin’ gypsy jazz band (Django style) called Swing Tzigane. It was a concert more than a gig really, in a beautiful white marble hall at the university. The Lindy Hoppe...
Mura Dehn’s “The Spirit Moves”

Mura Dehn’s “The Spirit Moves”

Juan and I are constantly harassing our poor students for not having seen The Spirit Moves. This documentary is absolute essential viewing for any swing dancer! I watch and re-watch it constantly, and every time I see something new. There’s not only Lindy Hop, but also Char...
Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor

Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor

You loved them in Singin’ in the Rain, here they are together in a Gene Kelly television special in 1960:...
1939 New York World’s Fair

1939 New York World’s Fair

1939 New York World’s Fair Savoy Ballroom Exhibit Souvenir Program My boyfriend was in a vintage clothing store recently, and bought himself an antique souvenir tie clip from the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933 (aka The Century of Progress Exposition). It reminded me tha...
The Berry Brothers

The Berry Brothers

Rusty Frank has written a short, but truly lovely biography of The Berry Brothers, for the American National Biography Online.  The Killer Dillers might just be The Berry Brothers’ biggest fans, as you may have figured out. So what a nice excuse to post a few videos. Here&#...
Fascinating Rhythm

Fascinating Rhythm

The two main men in my life, and fellow Killer Dillers, Juan Villafane and Kevin St Laurent, are currently training for a recreation of the Berry Brother’s number Fascinating Rhythm, from the film “Lady Be Good”. Cane tricks, soft shoe tap and acrobatics –...
Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in Hellzapoppin’ (1941)

Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in Hellzapoppin’ (1941)

Excerpt from the 1941 film Hellzapoppin’. The musicians are Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart (with the Slim & Slam Allstars). The dancers are the most famous swing dance troupe in history, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, from Harlem, New York. The dancing couples are: Willi...