1st Place: Ramona & Remy - Invitational Classic - ILHC 2022

[@HHHeiko69]

So great, an already legendary couple: Remy & Ramona. So much character, style and playfulness. An incredible performance with a lot of understatement and mastery.For me a true motivation for dancing and being proud of belonging to such an outstanding community. Thank you both!

[@serge6038]

Oh they are so gooood

[@anthonyaugust9556]

Near Frankie Manning dancer Remy and super dancer Ramona = The winners.

[@Labbabba]

정말로 정말로 오랜만에 스윙뽕 맞는 영상이다. 공유해 준 주최측에 감사를!

[@darinaanguelova2528]

Absolutely amazing dancing and also OMG that video quality makes me feel like I am watching irl!

[@thegaljustbrowsing]

The best!!

[@martinchilvers3870]

Soooooooooooo gooooooood!!!!

[@Changyeol2]

Love you guys' move~! hugs from S.Korea

[@armandodanse]

LA CLASSE SUPER

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

Cute couple. Their moves are smooth, but with good bounce. Laid-back, non-aggressive style goes well with at touch of Ella Fitzgerald in the background.

[@jouli_rew]

Great job! Thank you for being true to the lindy hop mission. If I may, one small note from your longtime viewer. I don't think switching camera positions (especially frequent switching like in parts of some videos) is a good idea. This destroys the choreography and the integrity of the overall impression. And this is especially sad if the dance is choreographed. (Note in brackets that this is not only my opinion. You can find a lot of similar comments on KZbin to cameramen who, instead of showing the dance as it is, like to show their great skills in zooming (especially those cutting off the legs), moving the camera, combining video shooting from different angles, etc.) Among other things, I love the videos on your channel for the past years just for the frontal position of the camera, and have always considered them as the best example of dance footage. You have now reached the new level of video quality, and I think it's the best in class. Thanks for this. But the point I'm trying to make is that I'm against editing the dance. Obviously there is a certain contradiction between the art of dancing and the art of filming. I think video footage of dance events like yours (and dance footage in general if the goal is to show the art of dance) should be more 'documentary' than 'artistic'. Dancers do their best to make their dance interesting, varied and impressive, so there is no need to 'enhance' their performance with video tricks. One more argument. The viewer in the hall sees what is happening from only one point of view. Accordingly, shooting from one site creates a more true effect of presence. (Some channels, if they have multiple cameras, post separate, duplicate videos taken from different angles, which is very interesting.) I don’t really hope that you will follow my advice, but I thought it was better to tell you this point of view than keep silent. Sorry if you take my comment as hurtful or offensive, I don't intend it like that. With love and best wishes.

[@ILHC]

Thank you for your comments. Investing in and growing the scope of our video production was an incredibly large and challenging endeavor but we believe it paid off! This is the realization of years long goals to improve the video viewing experience. The single camera, one angle style of shooting you are referring to has long been the chosen style due primarily to budgetary, staffing, and deadline limitations, rather than the preferred style. That being said, we did consider all the points you have brought up and we didn't take the choice to change styles lightly. Multi-camera video provides the ability to enhance the experience in addition to documenting. The goal we set out to achieve this year was to use this medium to capture the spirit and the energy of what it felt like to be in the ballroom during these performances. The energy was palpable and we hope that comes through in the videos and that it will make you want to join us in person next year, to experience it for yourself! -Brett

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

I'm so happy you mentioned this, Jouli, because it speaks of a broader aesthetic in not only in live dance video recording, but even in different spoken word recordings. You can even see this in the current trend of commercials where they insist on suddenly switching the angle to a side view. And what happens is that the speakers eye contact with us is suddenly lost, and it's as if we are peering, vouyeristically at the speaker. It's sensationalism without any purpose but to be "different". Look at the Dancing With the Stars and other televised competition-shows. Not only do they butcher the visual storyline, but they even cut it off completely just to show a few seconds of the judges smiling "eagerly," for the camera the producers. Not saying that Lindy-Hop internationals is doing this, but I do want to encourage their hired videographers to THINK ARTISTICALLY when using side-cameras like is. In their defense, a side camera can actually save a shot----but can lose one, too, if not applied thoughtfully as to the visual story at hand.

[@mostguitarswins]

@@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole Thanks for expressing this so well. I find the view switching during dance performances distracting. This is a step in the wrong direction IMHO. A still camera shows us the same dance that the audience experienced during the live performance. View-switching introduces the cameras as performers, and they take attention away from the dancers.

[@Invadedmyprivacy619]

Great daning though

[@victorlopez-xl5fu]

🥱 the notes in the jazz music took more chances than those steps.

[@aceuni-rider6921]

Why comment at all if you're just going to be negative?