{"id":987493841,"date":"2022-08-25T23:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zig-zag.cz\/lektori\/zdenek-zz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:46:49","slug":"zdenek-zz","status":"publish","type":"lektori","link":"https:\/\/zig-zag.cz\/en\/lecturers\/zdenek-zz\/","title":{"rendered":"Zden\u011bk (ZZ)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t have happened without Zdenek.  <\/p>\n\n<p>If he hadn&#8217;t followed his dream of learning to tap&#8230;. <br\/>If he hadn&#8217;t starred in the cult film Swing Kids&#8230; <br\/>If he hadn&#8217;t decided to learn to swing not just as a performance piece for the film, but so he could dance with other swingers from abroad&#8230;.<br\/>If he hadn&#8217;t started Zig-Zag&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8230;. Then the world (at least our Prague tap-dancing and swinging world) would probably look completely different than the one we know. 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