(in an effort to re-attempt the lindyhop blog challenge, i'm
going to try to start posting weekly instead of daily... & friday dance
seems as good a day as any to do it...)
Day 5: Your favorite Lindy Hop variation dance (charleston,
balboa, shag)
so... i'm not sure it
this is a question on which variation i like to dance or like to watch.. ??
of the three, i like to dance charleston, but not solo -
which i gather is more common among the purists these days... i don't actually know how to bal or shag...
i'm told i fake it like i know it... sadly, i
just never got around to it...
and now, i don't have the money
nor the time to devote to learning another dance...
and honestly, i don't often find performances of those three
dances that inspire me to get up and dance...
you should probably sit down for this next confession...
i really like to watch west coast swing....
ok. fine, i'll type
it bigger...
i really like to watch west coast swing.
please don't hold it against me or anyone else for that matter... part of my spectatorial (is that a word?)
love for WCS is that so many of my favorite leads (and follows) either came from that tradition into lindyhop
or vice versa... something about both
dances - the basics, the philosophies, the history, the comedy - blend well together... and speaking from
experience, leads who WCS always seem to lead really well. they almost always cover the 5 C's that i
look for in a lead - clear, careful,
creative, cheerful and conversational...
i should probably clarify those in another post...
ennyhoo.... here are
some of my fave lindy-ish/west coasty mashups...
(and for the record i would freeekin KILL OR DIE ( no, not
really) to go to The Boston Tea Party... and learn me some WCS...)
and then, there's this west coast video that ALWAYS makes me laugh...
happy friday!!!
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