Israeli and Palestinians dancers come together in ’Swing for Peace’ initiative

In a bar in Cork, Israeli and Palestinian swing dancers jived and cha-chaed as part of a groundbreaking ‘Swing for Peace’ initiative, writes Ellie O’Byrne

IN THE Porterhouse on Cork’s Mardyke, it was all smiles and jazz hands at the final night of Cork’s “Lindy Express”, an annual weekend of workshops and social dancing that’s putting Cork on the map in the international swing dance scene.

Thanks to a crowd-funding campaign launched by Daragh O’Regan, Lindy Express’s organiser, a group of Palestinian and Israeli swing dancers met here in Ireland for the workshop, to share their love of dancing and to “Swing for Peace.”