Astrid Akay is a theater directress and actress, dancing in Brussels with the Old Soulz. Her central interest in the African American vernacular jazz dance is Lindy hop, its history and legacy today. How do we develop our own personal dance language while inheriting the powerful beauty and complexity of the original lindy hop? How do we keep the freedom of improvising and the joy of surprising ourselves when dancing, and at the same time work very specifically on original video clips? Those are some of the questions that are driving Astrid to keep learning and exploring the dance.