Holiday travelers at Denver International Airport (DIA) were surprised with an entertaining treat when a flash mob broke out in Jeppesen Terminal on November 22nd, 2011. Approximately 100 dancers from Community-Minded Dance (cmDance) performed a Lindy Hop to a medley of Swing classics in the airport’s Great Hall in Denver, Colorado. Video by Rich Clarkson & Assoc. Coordinated by cmDance Choreography by Ceth Stifel, Heather Ballew, Joseph DeMers, & Lark Mervine cmDance creates world-class educational dance and music experiences. The non-profit organization’s programs bring the music and dance of the Americas to Colorado schools and audiences, including Lindy Hop, Argentine Tango, Jazz, and other American Vintage and folkloric dances. For more information, visit www.cmdance.org Organized by DIA’s Art and Culture Program Today’s dance performance was presented by the airport’s Art and Culture Program. DIA is home to a world-class collection of public art, funded by the City and County of Denver’s “one percent for art” requirement for public facilities. In addition to its renowned permanent art collection, DIA curates temporary exhibitions, collaborating with museums, cultural institutions and arts organizations to present the highest quality two- and three-dimensional work. For more information on DIA’s public art program and its temporary exhibitions, visit www.flydenver.com/art. Produced by Rich Clarkson & Associates RCA is a multi-disciplinary creative agency, based …
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Growing up, some of my best memories as a small child were watching my parents jump and jive in pure jitterbug fashion. I was privileged to grow up in a home where Big Band music was played and appreciated! Watching Mom and Dad dance with such finesse and in total sync was pure entertainment. Melodies will always come and go, but TRULY GREAT music, as created in the Big Band Era, will never be surpassed!
Thanks Flash Mob Denver for sharing your talents – you were terrific!
And they say America isn’t fun…
Ugh I hate flash mobs! I tried to walk through one a while back and got stuck salsa dancing for 12 minutes with a 2 minute solo
that so looked like charlie sheen in the beginning of the video ?!?!?!
Awesome! I hope nobody missed thier flight :-/
SO COOL!!!!!
Oh I LOVE this! So much fun!! Good jobs guys
Is it just me or is that charlie sheen at 0:04 ?
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I’ve always wanted to dance like that. <3
My kind of music! How great to see swing and jitterbugging are alive and well in this soul-less, hip-hop world
Boxer briefs are a must for that kind of fancy footwork.
Anyone else think the people in that flash mob are enormous douchebags?
Ooo look at me! they’re all like.
Your profile says you’re 54.
Brilliant!
The most classy flash mob I’ve ever seen
No, the guy commented on my post saying that I was dumb, and that all airports are international. I was proving the point you are trying to prove. We are on the same side here.
Lindy Bombing FTW
Did you not read my comment? I only said two of the possible ways it could be called, in no way I said I did not enjoy this video and in no way I was critical in my comment. Gringo533 was. I only stated a matter of classification. Not it’s enjoyability. Geesh.
SO WHAT!!! It was entertainment ans I wold imagine everyone enjoyed it and/or had fun! So why the critical comment ? Go to your room!
You Sir/Madam are a pain in the ass. Why did you bother to watch this and must you find fault with everything.
Keep your GD negatives to yourself, or better yet, take them to the grave!
I believe it was more in the very late 30’s and all the 40’s into very early 50’s. Much of the dance steps emanated from the late 20’s and 30’s, but the closeness and smoothness of partners dancing as with closeness was out of the 40’s
Are you trying to say that aircraft can not fly to another nation from DIA? I think maybe you don’t have a clue. Ask people in the flying business, I mean large aircraft that are equiped for that sort of thing - certainly not from apparently the airport close to you. I don’t know where you live but, I don’t believe there is an airport less than 75 miles from DIA that could support that. They must have runways long enough for the A/C that could go that distance – large enough for the fuel needed!
most of the dancing is from the 20’s
Wish it was bigger