About Laminu
Laminu is a dance for slow Jazz and Blues music. It developed in the late 1940's and 50's by Balboa dancers in Long Beach, Southern California, especially for dancing to the 'hit' music of that time with singers like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin. Laminu was a forgotten dance for a few decades, but has been reincarnated by the rapidly growing Balboa community.
Dan Guest started dancing Laminu in 2004, and in the spring of 2007 he and Jessica Lennartsson travelled to Long Beach to learn Laminu from the original dancers that danced Laminu in the old days, including the Laminu legend Mr Ray Cunningham. We are now happy to have Dan and Jessica in Gothenburg to teach the first weekend workshop of Laminu ever in Europe.
In August 2007, Dan held a one-day Laminu workshop in London with Vivien Davidhazy. In February 2008 the first All Laminu Workshop was held in Gothenburg with Dan & Jessica.
Source: http://www.gbal.se/laminu2008.html
Mr. Ray Cunningham
The legendary
dancer of Laminu
Photo: Carsten
Senholt, June 2008
