Enjoy watching our live performances!
Check our schedule for performance times and locations during the weekend.
Dewitt Fleming Jr.
Dewitt Fleming Jr. is world renown tap dancer, singer, actor, and drummer. He is a tour de force and we’re happy to bring him to the Lawn Party for the first time. He has appeared in many off-Broadway productions, as well as doing the tap choreography for such notable productions as Boardwalk Empire.
He will be performing on the main stage with the Baby Soda Jazz Band. And he will also deliver a special talk/performance on some of the history of tap. See schedule, you don’t want to miss Dewitt!
Gaby Cook
Gaby Cook is an esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community. For 20 years, she has established her career performing and teaching for major swing dance festivals worldwide — including Stompology, Swing Out New Hampshire, Camp Hollywood, Beantown, Herräng Dance Camp, Lindy on the Rocks, Paris Jazz Roots and Lindy Focus. On stage, she is a principal dancer for the acclaimed "SW!NG OUT", which premiered at the Joyce theater (2021) and tours regularly. Other stage credits include: “Macy’s Day Parade Live Broadcast” for Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues (2022), "Swing's the Thing" with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (2023), “Decades of Dance” at the BET Soultrain Awards (2021), “Don’t Mean a Thing” with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (2021). She regularly advocates for lindy hop in industry dance communities and is consistently "on-call" with university dance programs (past: Julliard, Marymount, NYU, Columbia).
In New York, Gaby curates and teaches several swing dance programs, including Midtown Swing with AJ Howard. In class, she is playful, informative and honest. She prioritizes equality for followers and leaders in the classroom space — and has championed a movement first approach to teaching partnered dance content. Online at @gabyswingsout
Dances by Isadora
The Dances by Isadora group shares the history of dance as an art form with contemporary audiences through the presentation and teaching of the work of Isadora Duncan. This group will be performing in the Italian Garden and on the 2nd Allee. You don’t want to miss their spectacular performances!