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Fuck.

If someone ever starts serial breaking seemingly-random Lindy Hoppers’ knees and they can’t work out who it is. 1. It was probably me 2. It’s not random. If the police go back over JnJ comp videos, they will find that the victims also happen to be competitors who’re SELFISH partners that barely look at the person they’re dancing with. I haven’t dealt with this first hand, but every time I see it... UGH. Don’t be that guy, guys and gals. Be the shiny, happy, most Ramona-like dancer you can be.

#It's a partner dance #Lindy Hop

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The Force is strong in my family…my sister has it

If your cheeks don’t hurt from smiling during this, there’s something wrong with you. (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xu8Ja4cxJI)

#solo jazz #vernacular jazz #vintage dance #swing dancing #lindy hop #charleston #Andrew Hsi #Joshua Mclean #Beantown #Beantown 2015

If you ever need a pick-me-up, just watch this. Works every time.

#cheerup #lindy hop #frida segerdahl #michael seguin #lindyfest #social dancing #jack and jill

coolchicksfromhistory

Group of girls skating in the street in front of a public housing project on Smythe Curve in Montgomery, Alabama, during Christmas vacation, January 1966.

Each day of the Christmas holiday, the city of Montgomery closed over forty one-block areas in neighborhoods, so children could safely play in the streets.

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Dawn Hampton! Top left. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4oG7TNVc54

#dawn hampton #lindy hop #showgirl #new york #hiny

tastefullyoffensive

Dancing Lindy Hop WITH your partner

It blows my mind how many people Lindy Hop and don't give half a thought to the person on the other end of their arm!

There's nothing better than sharing the dance and the music WITH SOMEONE. Working with them; moving with them and taking ideas from eachother. Even when I dance with someone I don't know, or don't get along with that well socially - if I can connect with them on the floor it makes everything a thousand times more enjoyable. You have love of the dance as common ground and can connect to people you otherwise might not. It's why dancing all over the world with people who speak different languages can be so beautiful - you might never have a vocal conversation with them, but you can have a dance conversation! I'm no international follow, but I know I'm a good teacher, and I know I'm good at connecting with people on the dancefloor if they let me. Usually we hear follows complain about leaders who pay no attention (which YES, is SO annoying), but it goes both ways! Styling and being musical is all well and good, but when every suzie Q you throw in takes you away from your partner, you have a problem. Alice Mei and Nina Gilkenson are two of my favourite follows - completely different styles, but both ladies are musical, and incredibly attentive. Attentive doesn't mean not breaking away and doing your own thing or changing the shape of the dance. Both of those ladies do that, but like a good leader, they keep in mind what they and their partner can do next. Watch videos of Frankie dancing - he ALWAYS cares about his partner.

As critical as this sounds, it isn't angry! I'm advocating everyone being more considerate of eachother. Lindy Hop is a partner dance, guys! Embrace it!

#Lindy hop #swing dance #snowball #lindy focus #swing dancing #jazz #partner dancing