They might use the same names, but neither the dancing nor moves doesn't appear to be similar to salsa whatsoever. It still keeps a step-step,...
Recipes have two purposes: 1) Help people who can't cook make *something* edible. 2) Provide ideas and guidelines for people who can cook. To...
Swing rueda is a lindy thing. There's also Bal rueda. They got the concept and name from salsa dancers, but it's not mixing the dances or anything....
Well, it's not about whether you're good enough or not. Going to an exchange will leapfrog your dancing to a new level. But what's unique about...
Too true! "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is the biggest crock ever. Words are very powerful, both spoken...
I've seen t-shirts and baggy pants to be the style for hardcore lindy hoppers. And slightly nicer looking t-shirts and baggy pants for...
My experience has been the opposite. I find lindy to be much harder to improve and excel at than west coast. As for which was easier to learn...
Most of the swing dancers I know are 22-35. I don't know very many under 21, though I also don't know very many over 35.
Swing. Suitable for tempos of 60bpm - 360 bpm, uses your entire body, requires body-leads, covers everything from slow, sultry, romantic, or flirty...
Well, there are definite musical differences between 1 and 5 in salsa and swing, and probably in many other styles of music, too. Now, as to how...
I would say it's because Tango is such an incredibly subtle and musical dance, with an enormous whole-body lead/follow element to it.
There's also a lot of 6/8 music that's got a swung 4/4 compound meter; a lot of blues and R&B 6/8 does this. Although you *could* waltz to it, it...
I'm not sure who "Joe Sloe" is, so I have no idea if what I do is anything at all like what he does. However, what I do is kinda like what I...
Kinda. When I ask someone to dance or get asked to dance, I come with the attitude that "I'm going to have fun no matter what, and if he/she...
Personal pet peeve of mine ... the popular versions of "Sing, Sing, Sing" I've heard are all around 220-230 beats per minute. I consider this at...
I think that's the key to following -- period-- doesn't depend of tempo ;)[/quote]Well, yeah, but at slower tempos it's easier to play more, to...
The Best Damn Clave Explanation. Period.
It depends on how good the follower is, how good the leader is, and how well they dance together. But it's quite true that, in general, there are...
Dunno. Never heard of it. But I can lindy hop to Harlem Congo, which is right about 300 and quite fun.
Yes. I've also got time to triple step at 300bpm. I can't say I've tried much beyond that, though. At least, not that I've really paid much...
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