Celtic does cocktail hour with Lindy Hopper, Waacker, and "Rebel Without a Pause" Ana Lisa Sutherland as they discuss the challenge of staying connected to Dance during a pandemic, her origins of learning Lindy Hop in Sacramento, her initial journey in Waacking, drawing her energy from the crowd, the connections between Waacking and Lindy Hop, hollow community and modern Lindy Hop events, Lindy Hoppers farming identity from Black dancers, finding resilience and thriving in fields dominated by cishet white dudes, processing colorism and light-skinned privilege, feeling isolated from family and Black culture, her recent journey with ADHD and neurodiversity, her workarounds and coping mechanisms for success, fearlessness in dancing, the Battle on the Rocks, and her next big goals in Dance.

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To help support Ana Lisa during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any amount to: Venmo: @AnaLIsa-Sutherland ; Paypal: @alsutherland