I've danced with a few follows lately that whenever I mess up they smile. When we're doing well they're focusing so hard on dancing well that...
it varies as you grow in the dance. when you're new: leader: clean leads, solid frame follow: responsive, continues moving, solid frame when...
From my understanding of the history of "West Coast" and Lindy Hop, there was a pretty long blurry evolution from one to the other, so the most...
do you mean west coast?!
I was there, was good. :) You guys missed out. And if you were only there for Saturday I hope you hit the dance at Pioneer Square (I didn't see you...
I'm not sure why I'm still single, and most of my friends are confused by it too. I spend my time around beautiful women. All I'm looking for is an...
You missed the ever-frustrating "stepping forward before being led to step forward." I'm curious what the follows would list as their most hated...
I'm going to be a little harsh, so forgive me. But it sounds like you're upset because new people are invading your "turf." My guess is you...
I think I'd ask twice, but not any more than that. After that she obviousely knows I want to dance, and can find me if she really wants a dance with...
You know, you guys can both be right... Mary may be making comments that would be appropriate at a casting call/audition, or helpful in people who...
Ya, vans are fairly old school. :) Well, this depends on the type of swing you're doing I guess. For Lindy Hop, dancing on the balls of your...
Last time Andrew was up here visiting we watched that video with him, and I'm pretty sure he said the girl was one of his dance partners (only know...
There's kind of 2 "schools" of nightclub 2-step. On the one hand is the kind of poppy, bouncy, "Quick Quick slow, quick quick slow" style that...
Buy a pair of the most comfortable casual tennis/skater shoe you can find (I prefer vans). Take them to a shoe repair place, ask them to be sueded....
It actually sounds like they're getting "pulse" and "stretch" confused. Pulsing in West Coast is syncopating your bodies rythm to the even...
Depends a LOT on what kind of lindy they do :) If they're savoy, you have your work cut out for you. If they're smooth, tell them to stand up...
Looks like his birthday is in late may (22-26th, somewhere in there) so he must be 92 now :)
Watching her dance with Patrick was painful, sorry. Not sure if he's lost his touch as a lead or she's just too new, but it looked to me like she...
By "ballroom music afficionado" I mean that you listen and dance to music appropriate for ballroom dancing, whatever it's source. I agree that most...
So my question is this: As ballroom music afficianados and dancers, what, to you, differentiates a swinging tune from a foxtrotie tune? Is there...
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