Lindy hop being dance to Rock n' Roll Music

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A bit off topic but let's lighten up a bit. I put this out on my Hi Fi/ music site recently. I think it's fab, and some of you might like it too.

In this video they are dancing Lindy Hop to Rock n' Roll music. When Rock n' Roll first came out it was a bit too fast for lindy - which was normally danced to big band jazz -so they simplified it down to the Rock n' Roll style of dance leaving out the 8 beat moves (which are the 360 degree turns - the men and women change positions then swap 180 degrees back again getting to where they originally were). But just look at these lindy hoppers go wild to that amazing energetic Rock n' Roll music - simply stunning stuff. I love lindy hop.

Kv

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That looks like so much fun! I just love the fluid footwork - looks so

effortless. You must get great joy out of dancing like this Kaivey. Thanks for

sharing! Now when do we get to see a video of you in motion?

Cheers

Kate

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> A bit off topic but let's lighten up a bit. I put this out on my Hi Fi/

> music site recently. I think it's fab, and some of you might like it

> too.

> In this video they are dancing Lindy Hop to Rock n' Roll music. When

> Rock n' Roll first came out it was a bit too fast for lindy - which was

> normally danced to big band jazz -so they simplified it down to the Rock

> n' Roll style of dance leaving out the 8 beat moves (which are the 360

> degree turns - the men and women change positions then swap 180 degrees

> back again getting to where they originally were). But just look at

> these lindy hoppers go wild to that amazing energetic Rock n' Roll

> music - simply stunning stuff. I love lindy hop.

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> Kv

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDv7NhMjhg4On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Kaivey wrote:

 

A bit off topic but let's lighten up a bit. I put this out on my Hi Fi/ music  site recently. I think it's fab, and some of you might like it too.

In this video they are dancing Lindy Hop to Rock n' Roll music. When Rock n' Roll first came out it was a bit too fast for lindy - which was normally danced to big band jazz -so they simplified it down to the Rock n' Roll style of dance leaving out the 8 beat moves (which are the  360 degree turns - the men and women change positions then swap 180  degrees back again getting to where they originally were). But just look at these lindy hoppers go wild to that amazing  energetic Rock n' Roll music - simply stunning stuff. I love lindy hop.

Kv

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Lindy is a fabulous dance. That video, , reminds me of a few

years back where dancers would descend on a London train station and

then suddenly at noon they would all break out into dancing. There was

no music and any style of dancing was allowed. So if a station had say

over a thousand poeple in, or or more, then all at the time about 50 to

10o people might spontaneoulsy break out into dancing. Great fun.

Kv

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> > A bit off topic but let's lighten up a bit. I put this out on my Hi

Fi/

> > music site recently. I think it's fab, and some of you might like it

too.

> > In this video they are dancing Lindy Hop to Rock n' Roll music. When

Rock

> > n' Roll first came out it was a bit too fast for lindy - which was

normally

> > danced to big band jazz -so they simplified it down to the Rock n'

Roll

> > style of dance leaving out the 8 beat moves (which are the 360

degree

> > turns - the men and women change positions then swap 180 degrees

back

> > again getting to where they originally were). But just look at these

> > lindy hoppers go wild to that amazing energetic Rock n' Roll music -

> > simply stunning stuff. I love lindy hop.

> >

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I saw some video footage once of me doing Lindy Hop and I was a little

bit dissapointed. Still, it feels good, though, and is great fun. But do

you know, I actually do think I could get as good as some of those guys.

Both my mum and dad were amateur dancers but they got their bronze and

silver certificates/medals. People said that my mum should go

professional but my dad lost interest after he maried her. One day my

mum told me that my dad was the only one who would get up and do the

Charlsten, and no one knew where he had learnt it from. It was weird

because I had been doing the Charlsten for about a year when she told me

that.

Thanks for watching the video. And wow, those dancers were fab weren't

they? I reckon the best I have seen.

Kv

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> >

> > A bit off topic but let's lighten up a bit. I put this out on my Hi

Fi/

> > music site recently. I think it's fab, and some of you might like it

> > too.

> > In this video they are dancing Lindy Hop to Rock n' Roll music. When

> > Rock n' Roll first came out it was a bit too fast for lindy - which

was

> > normally danced to big band jazz -so they simplified it down to the

Rock

> > n' Roll style of dance leaving out the 8 beat moves (which are the

360

> > degree turns - the men and women change positions then swap 180

degrees

> > back again getting to where they originally were). But just look at

> > these lindy hoppers go wild to that amazing energetic Rock n' Roll

> > music - simply stunning stuff. I love lindy hop.

> >

> > <

> Kv

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[Guest guest]

I saw some video footage once of me doing Lindy Hop and I was a little

bit dissapointed. Still, it feels good, though, and is great fun. But do

you know, I actually do think I could get as good as some of those guys.

Both my mum and dad were amateur dancers but they got their bronze and

silver certificates/medals. People said that my mum should go

professional but my dad lost interest after he maried her. One day my

mum told me that my dad was the only one who would get up and do the

Charlsten, and no one knew where he had learnt it from. It was weird

because I had been doing the Charlsten for about a year when she told me

that.

Thanks for watching the video. And wow, those dancers were fab weren't

they? I reckon the best I have seen.

Kv

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> >

> > A bit off topic but let's lighten up a bit. I put this out on my Hi

Fi/

> > music site recently. I think it's fab, and some of you might like it

> > too.

> > In this video they are dancing Lindy Hop to Rock n' Roll music. When

> > Rock n' Roll first came out it was a bit too fast for lindy - which

was

> > normally danced to big band jazz -so they simplified it down to the

Rock

> > n' Roll style of dance leaving out the 8 beat moves (which are the

360

> > degree turns - the men and women change positions then swap 180

degrees

> > back again getting to where they originally were). But just look at

> > these lindy hoppers go wild to that amazing energetic Rock n' Roll

> > music - simply stunning stuff. I love lindy hop.

> >

> > <

> Kv

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