So I don't want this topic to be cruel or making fun of anyone, but I wanted everyone to share any videos they come across online of people that dance to swing music, but what the're doing is something makes you wonder where they heck they learned to...
I hate that move where the lead puts my hand on his shoulder and we sort of sweep down each other's arms... hate it, hate it, hate it. I feel like such a complete dork every time I have to do it and will usually refuse dances with leads who have led it on me more than once. Hate it. :x
It started with him dancing in shorts, and flew straight off the cliff from there. Good lord, that was asstastic. Those are flingers. Can't find the beat, not even if you put a gun to their heads, and insist on throwing the girl through the air with horrible timing and technique. Gah.
Aside from the scary aerials, those steps they were doing between moves looked alot like what people do at wedding receptions when a swing song comes on... I HATE dancing "swing" with people at wedding receptions.
The basic step that they're doing actually looks a lot like jive... which works great to the rock & roll music they're dancing to. Too bad the aerials are so terrifying.
Quoted from "Lowkey_Lindy_George" Regarding the very first post and video:
It seems to me that the music is pretty much secondary (if needed at all) for these folks.
Which begs the question: When does dancing end and "just doin stuff while music happens to be playin'" begins?
If you ain't dancin' to the music, you ain't lindy hoppin'.
I think in general you can dance whenever you like to whatever you want, but the act of lindy hopping requires dancing to the music.
I don't normally come to their defense, but in fairness. They do not claim to lindyhop or even swing dance at all. All of the songs they dance to are country songs and they claim to dance country western. If you listen to what they say, they call what they are doing their high speed polka or the aggie jitterbug (which is their own dance completely...you can tell if someone learned how to dance from them). While they have obviously borrowed from swing, they don't claim they are swing dancing...but rather doing their own dance that has some swing elements in it.
If you ask them about swing dancing, they will send you over to annother group on campus that actually does lindyhop.
FYI, don't take any lessons at the College of San Mateo.
Looks more like bastardized Hustle to me. Even the music is good for hustle. Someone should just teach them the hustle already so that they don't give swing such a bad name (literally).
I agree with Asane, the rhythm they're dancing to looks like hustle. One of our local ballroom studios teaches "swing hustle", they also call WCS "western swing". That video could be swing hustle, avoiding any images of leisure suits and disco music the term hustle conjures up.
I disagree with rikomatic, it's way more sedate than Waltz. Perhaps they're just dancing in their sleep, Ben Stein must be their dance teacher ... Bueller, ... Bueller, ...
Quoted from "Mak" And some think this is what swing dancing is: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_iQzBGUjLO4
Now it's really starting to bother me that these people all know way more aerials than I do, and everyone at work who finds out I am a swing dancer thinks I must suck because I don't "fly in the air" >.<
I'm glad my first real exposure to swing was lindy hop (thank you Alfred swing club!). Having athritic shoulders from years of lyme disease, I probably would have given up very quickly from being jerked around like that, if not died from a cracked skull in my klutzyness.
Actually, the aerials in that last video didn't bug me as much as the earlier one. What it did do is remind me of the saying that my first swing dance instructors had, "at the end of every straight arm is a jerk". So true.
So from a lot of these videos, everyone seems to be doing the pretzel... Now the only place I ever learned the pretzel is in a country dance hall, and NEVER associated it with swing dancing. Now the question is, who is going around teaching the pretzel as swing dancing?
Hon, when you go to the Fed tonight, watch the whole front of the room. You will see the pretzel everywhere . It's like a frikkin' bake shop, there are so many pretzels.
It's a beginner ECS thing. Has to be. And I'm not sure it's in the lessons. I think it's more... underground. Kids who "dance 'the swing'" teach it to each other in between middle school classes, or something.
Somehow, some way, the evil, insidious thing is spread. Like a cancer. I hate it.
All I know is that whenever I have the misfortune to dance with a spaghetti-armed rock-stepper, I wind up in some ridiculous pretzel from whence I must be painfully and embarrassingly unwound. And it's not even dancing! There's no footwork during this move! You just stand there and play Twister for like 2 minutes! I feel shamed and degraded and oddly violated whenever I am the victim of the pretzel.
Besides dangerous and unsolicited aerials, the & pretzel has to be the single most evil thing ever to infiltrate the realm of "the swing".
Many instructors refuse to teach the pretzel simply because many people lack the timing to do the move correctly and smoothly.
So that means people learn the pretzel from
A. Each other
B. Online videos
Neither is good enough as somebody watching you and telling you if you're doing it correctly, and painlessly for the follow. Which also brings the point of why I believe that many people dislike the pretzel, nobody wants to take the chance of hurting the follow or the lead, after the follow knees the lead.
Quoted from "redbean" Besides dangerous and unsolicited aerials, the & pretzel has to be the single most evil thing ever to infiltrate the realm of "the swing".
:evil:
Oh, I heartily disagree. The windmill and the peekaboo share the crown of evilest "the swing" move evar.
And the cross arms behind the head slide down and swivel thingy. That move should be executed. Preferably, electric chair while being eaten by hungry rabid rats.
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redbean
Sweet fancy Moses. That was truly frightening.
I hate that move where the lead puts my hand on his shoulder and we sort of sweep down each other's arms... hate it, hate it, hate it. I feel like such a complete dork every time I have to do it and will usually refuse dances with leads who have led it on me more than once. Hate it. :x
Shanabanana
That video totally wins Yehoodi today. The Charleston bit is especially great.
hoya01
It started with him dancing in shorts, and flew straight off the cliff from there. Good lord, that was asstastic. Those are flingers. Can't find the beat, not even if you put a gun to their heads, and insist on throwing the girl through the air with horrible timing and technique. Gah.
Monsignore
Like I said, the Jerk & Twirl.
CrazyLegs aka Eve
Wow. I would be terrified to do aerials with this person. If you can call them aerials. It is really overwhelming how dangerous this is.
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rikomatic
That was truly dreadful. I'm so horrified I don't think I can show that on the Talk Show. Maybe as a cautionary tale.
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alliecat
Aside from the scary aerials, those steps they were doing between moves looked alot like what people do at wedding receptions when a swing song comes on... I HATE dancing "swing" with people at wedding receptions.
bryn
The basic step that they're doing actually looks a lot like jive... which works great to the rock & roll music they're dancing to. Too bad the aerials are so terrifying.
Lindy Trollop
Wow. I was so excited--and surprised--every time she didn't bash in her head on the water fountain.
mouth
Oh noes! They stole my latest competition routine! Bastards!!!
Capt Morgan
The latest dance craze!!! FOUR COUNT SWING!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXpMueyaQ5o
FYI, don't take any lessons at the College of San Mateo.
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nereus
I don't normally come to their defense, but in fairness. They do not claim to lindyhop or even swing dance at all. All of the songs they dance to are country songs and they claim to dance country western. If you listen to what they say, they call what they are doing their high speed polka or the aggie jitterbug (which is their own dance completely...you can tell if someone learned how to dance from them). While they have obviously borrowed from swing, they don't claim they are swing dancing...but rather doing their own dance that has some swing elements in it.
If you ask them about swing dancing, they will send you over to annother group on campus that actually does lindyhop.
rikomatic
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asane
Looks more like bastardized Hustle to me. Even the music is good for hustle. Someone should just teach them the hustle already so that they don't give swing such a bad name (literally).
redbean
It burns us.
Toon Town Dave
I agree with Asane, the rhythm they're dancing to looks like hustle. One of our local ballroom studios teaches "swing hustle", they also call WCS "western swing". That video could be swing hustle, avoiding any images of leisure suits and disco music the term hustle conjures up.
I disagree with rikomatic, it's way more sedate than Waltz. Perhaps they're just dancing in their sleep, Ben Stein must be their dance teacher ... Bueller, ... Bueller, ...
Mak
And some think this is what swing dancing is: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_iQzBGUjLO4
asane
Now it's really starting to bother me that these people all know way more aerials than I do, and everyone at work who finds out I am a swing dancer thinks I must suck because I don't "fly in the air" >.<
I'm glad my first real exposure to swing was lindy hop (thank you Alfred swing club!). Having athritic shoulders from years of lyme disease, I probably would have given up very quickly from being jerked around like that, if not died from a cracked skull in my klutzyness.
Toon Town Dave
Actually, the aerials in that last video didn't bug me as much as the earlier one. What it did do is remind me of the saying that my first swing dance instructors had, "at the end of every straight arm is a jerk". So true.
Mak
Well it's better then this..
Me: Do you know what swing dancing is?
Friend: Yeah. It's where you throw the girl around like a rag doll.
Me: I'd rather not... :roll: :roll: :roll:
bobthecow
i've never seen that basic before. i'll have to try it out this saturday...
in his defense, at least he didn't almost kill his follow every time he threw her around.
redbean
That video makes me want to cry. :cry:
Erica
That video did bring tears to my eyes. The aerials were surprisingly smooth but their lack of frame made my shoulders hurt.
Shanabanana
Was the music in the background dubbed in later? Because their movement had nothing to do with it in the least.
redbean
Music is completely secondary to a lot of people who "dance".
YellowSchoolBus
So from a lot of these videos, everyone seems to be doing the pretzel... Now the only place I ever learned the pretzel is in a country dance hall, and NEVER associated it with swing dancing. Now the question is, who is going around teaching the pretzel as swing dancing?
redbean
OMG OMG OMG.
Hon, when you go to the Fed tonight, watch the whole front of the room. You will see the pretzel everywhere . It's like a frikkin' bake shop, there are so many pretzels.
It's a beginner ECS thing. Has to be. And I'm not sure it's in the lessons. I think it's more... underground. Kids who "dance 'the swing'" teach it to each other in between middle school classes, or something.
Somehow, some way, the evil, insidious thing is spread. Like a cancer. I hate it.
All I know is that whenever I have the misfortune to dance with a spaghetti-armed rock-stepper, I wind up in some ridiculous pretzel from whence I must be painfully and embarrassingly unwound. And it's not even dancing! There's no footwork during this move! You just stand there and play Twister for like 2 minutes! I feel shamed and degraded and oddly violated whenever I am the victim of the pretzel.
Besides dangerous and unsolicited aerials, the & pretzel has to be the single most evil thing ever to infiltrate the realm of "the swing".
:evil:
Mak
Many instructors refuse to teach the pretzel simply because many people lack the timing to do the move correctly and smoothly.
So that means people learn the pretzel from
A. Each other
B. Online videos
Neither is good enough as somebody watching you and telling you if you're doing it correctly, and painlessly for the follow. Which also brings the point of why I believe that many people dislike the pretzel, nobody wants to take the chance of hurting the follow or the lead, after the follow knees the lead.
sirrobert
heh heh, this makes me smile
Shanabanana
Oh, I heartily disagree. The windmill and the peekaboo share the crown of evilest "the swing" move evar.
And the cross arms behind the head slide down and swivel thingy. That move should be executed. Preferably, electric chair while being eaten by hungry rabid rats.
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