Fast Swing Dancing - ULHS 2005

[@mistermucky17]

Don't ever remove this, it's guaranteed to make me smile, whatever my mood. Brilliant!!

[@eleanorgloria]

Who won? All the couples are amazing, the first couple and the secong last couple are my favourite.

[@lindyhop411]

The song is a version of "White Heat" originally by Jimmie Lunceford.

[@lindyhop411]

Competitions are based on the 3 T's: Timing, Technique, and Teamwork. There are also important aspects of showmanship and musicality that are critical to pushing one couple to first place over the others.

[@Wanderer123]

This is Art !!!!!!!!!!

[@lindyhop411]

Swing Dancing in general was definitly the last popular partnered (lead and follow) dance to exist in pop culture. There's been some argument that "The Twist" craze was the start of solo dancing in pop culture. Suddenly you could do a dance without taking any lessons or having any dance ability. Swing dancing was also lost as pop music trends changed to R&B and Rock n' Roll. Although die-hards kept dancing Lindy, and it became West Coast Swing, it was generally lost on the public.

[@alwaysjinxed]

incredible. I will dance like that one day!!!

[@blaztradiouz666]

Reminds me of the drum n bass dance scene in the 90s if you aint drenched in sweat you aint doin it right!!

[@lindyhop411]

Lindy Hop is actually the fusion of african and european dancing. The dance originated in Harlem in the 1920s and the innovators of the dance were mostly black, but race wasn't an issue for the original Lindy Hoppers. The Savoy Ballroom, the home of happy feet, was not segregated, and blacks and whites danced with each other freely. I will admit, though, that it's sad that this dance isn't embraced more by African Americans, but there are world class teachers that aren't in this video.

[@NiChObOmBa]

wOw! I love Swing Dancing!!

[@TreScotts1Fan]

Love this. Crazy wicked.

[@sweetaliena]

I just found it!!! It's White Heat by Jimmy Lunceford!

[@NiChObOmBa]

Nel wey! Yo amo el fast swing dance! :)

[@valaurwen]

Awesome.

[@JoeDoe2]

I know nothing about this, have never even taken a Lindy lesson, but if synchronization and mirroring between partners is a top priority, the couple at 3:00 was most impressive to me. And I've never seen feet move that fast on a dance floor. If I were judging, not knowing anything about what to look for, those two factors would tip the scale for me in their favor.

[@king140]

@lindyhop411 Never said it needed one. I was just wondering if there was one for it. Maybe I wanted to look it up in other videos. A name kind of makes it easier to do that.

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

wow. that was great! almost as good as '06

[@TheDarkOn3]

mind blown

[@lindyhop411]

I don't think they ever recorded it. I do know the recorded a smokin' version of Jumpin' at the Woodside.

[@cheeseheadtothe]

@maddygoboom Completely agree, The whole thing is cool and worth a couple of watches, but that footwork is the reason I've spent HOURS watching this video. Also the no-hand pancake at 1:28

[@Parakeetie]

i think skunkman was just saying that the way people take turns showing what they can do in a circle like that is the original idea that was later borrowed by hip hop and breakdancers

[@lindyhop411]

this year was the Wolverine Big Band

[@lindyhop411]

Don't you mean . . . I love LINDY HOP?!

[@titocordoba72]

Eso es puro Rock de los 50¨, distinta música, pero los pasos son los mismos que yo he bailado en mi juventud. Vean la película ¨Bailando el rock¨y veran las mismas figuras.

[@6071517]

Please I would like to know where I could find this version of White Heat-by Wolverine Big band-album, year...Thanks

[@JoeDoe2]

That move at 2:25 is worth copying. Not that I would ever copy anything. ;)

[@lindyhop411]

@king140 The Dolphin? The Whale? Why does it need to have a name?

[@theholmSTORM]

That's not Skye, find the medium tempo video from the same year and you'll see him. That's Dan Newsome.

[@luizalfonsovelezagud]

divertidamente fantastico!

[@flatfootsrosebud]

FYI... that's Dan Newsome, not Skye.

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

Holy fucking shit, Todd and Naomi.

[@lhwang0320]

who won? I bet it was either Naomi and Todd, or Nick Willams and Ria. Skye might have had a chance if he hadn't messed up his one aerial.

[@fashionandmusic921]

wow that looks hard. i know it is well of course it is but yeah

[@fatElviz]

wow

[@flatfootsrosebud]

Nick and Ria are awesome, huh?

[@lindyhop411]

@cheiktroure Pretty much all of those (and Carolina Shag and DC Hand Dancing) are all variations on East Coast Swing. I'll admit they are unique styles, just how West Coast Swing is an offshoot of Lindy Hop, and deserve to get recognized with their respective names, I wouldn't necessarily call them new dances. More like "evolved" dances. That being said, these dances didn't have the same popularity as the swing dances of the 30s and 40s.

[@king140]

What is that move called at 2:52? I see a lot of partners do that during these showdowns.

[@lindyhop411]

She didn't punch him. He tried to do an aerial and something went wrong, that's why he looked distraught.

[@davesyndrome87]

which couple won this event?

[@spongeenthusiast]

wow the guy in the red shirt messed up badddd

[@ilwadany]

pease give me the name of the song or band

[@sweetaliena]

What is the song the band is playing?

[@ohbabyohbaby13o489]

who won?

[@seiflotfy]

whats thats songs name

[@Kevtronn]

0:43

[@down4guyana]

what song is this?

[@vinod9930445560]

Wow , no wprds to say anything

[@conspiraceyofone]

@serbfree swing dancing is mostly rooted in black culture. especially stuff like this. but yeah. woo white people!

[@Hughgh]

wow