✅ English version below ✅

🎉Opening the Spirit of Swing Festival June 12-15, 2025 in Aix-en-Provence,

Dive into the world of swing dancing with Alive and Kicking 'dancing swing is putting happiness into your life'!

This film showcases the liberating power of swing dancing and traces its history from its origins to today.

It offers an insightful look at the resurgence of swing. An optimistic and diverse dance, its enthusiasts are passionate and they turn their passion into a unique art of living that is spreading worldwide.
For them, swing dancing is the pursuit of happiness.

By following professionals and passionate amateurs who find joy through dance, this film gives a glimpse into the exhilarating world of swing to newcomers.

📍 Venue: Amphithéâtre de la Manufacture
10 Rue des Allumettes, 13100 Aix-en-Provence

☀️ Free entry
(subject to availability)

Times: 8pm-9:30pm
Doors open at 7:30pm

TECHNICAL SHEET
Original language: English
Subtitles: French
Genres: Musical, Historical
Year: 2016
Country of origin: United States, Sweden
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Age: 7+

Release date (United States, Sweden): April 7, 2017
Director: Susan Glatzer
Writers: Susan Glatzer, Heidi Zimmerman
Producers: Jason Blum, Paola di Florio, Susan Glatzer, Martha G. Little, John W. MacDonald, Peter Rader, Robert Rippberger, Heidi Zimmerman

👉 Full Festival Program
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www.spiritofswing.com

🎈 English🎈

Alive and Kicking is a 2016 American documentary film about swing dancing, its origins in Harlem, and its rebirth starting in the 1990s.

Alive and Kicking showcases the dynamic culture and cathartic power of swing dancing from its historic origins to its impact today. Boiled down to its core, swing dancing is the pursuit of happiness. The film follows professionals and enthusiasts as they find joy through dance, giving an insider’s view into the exhilarating world of swing.

Free access

Time: 8pm-9:30pm
Doors opens at 7:30pm

The film shall be shown in English with French subtitles

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