My favorite part about this dance style is that it has such an emphasis on fun. Only the most talented can successfully fake this kind of energy and happiness. It requires coordination and planning but you have to be in the mood for it to avoid making it look stiff.
I have a friend who does the Lindy Hop, he is a train guard on a private steam train and very quiet & reserved that is until he is on stage doing the Lindy Hop and the transformation is incredible! Can’t believe he is the same person. So much energy & the way he swings his partner (I’m thinking hey ho ! ) he wears the most fab set of clothes too. I say if you have got - get out there!
Whilst this is a VERY admirable statement, let's remember that only the people who got to go to the parties in the twenties were having the fun. It wasn't all that fun for those who were destitute and poor. But as I said , a very admirable want to have!
Believe it or not, it’s all about perspective. In the olden days this music and these sexy moves were considered rambunctious and sexual. The older generation would view it as one may view the classlessness of twerking in the year 2023.
I started learning Lindy Hop in 2017 and I *highly* recommend it! It's so much fun, the people are amazing, and since you're having fun you won't even realize how much you're exercising!
I went to try some lindy hop today with my dad. Although it was an introductory course, i was quite clearly the only one there who didn’t know the basic dance moves. Felt a bit out of place and i cant say i really got the hang of it from that one time, but im glad i did it. I’ve been allergic to dancing my entire (albeit, rather short) life and it was nice to get to dance with people you dont know with no strings attached, or history. The fact you change partner every few minutes also makes it way less awkward.
I mean I loooove watching these.. and there are so many talented dancers! But I secretly wish everyone in the room had the enthusiasm and endurance to be jiving along the whole time.
My dad swing danced with my sister at her wedding, now whenever i see swing dancing i always remember that moment! Props to the people dancing look like so much and danced amazingly
Came here to imagine how Sadie and George Amberson would have danced there Lindy Hop back in the days and I can say I got not disappointed.... Amazing dance...
This is bizarre. I just started listening to 11.22.63 about 3 days ago and I just got to the part where George met Bevvy (and the othe guy cant remember his name) and helped them practice the Lindy Hop, which was what made me look it up (I knew what it was, just wanted to watch it). 20 minutes later I scroll throught the comments of a random video from Russia and see this comment comment from 3 years ago haha
This is so incredible and fun, I'm from Brasil and I didn't know exist a dance like this, should be so wonderful and happy, now I really want to know how to dance like this
There’s Lindy Hop dance lessons in. Y city i just became aware of, apparently it’s a growing scene in my city and the lesson are very affordable. So I’m going to the beginner social next month before registration opens. So I’ve been looking up videos to see what I’m getting myself into lol looks really fun!
Imagine a time when this was considered socializing and partying with friends. Now we're afraid to even say a simple hello through social media much less ask someone out on a date
Hey from the US. I'm so sad at the way my govnt is villifying your people, and I really pray that outside of the insane people running things, the rest of us can remember we have more in common than not. Wishing you all well and lots of dancing~
The closest thing to this that I've done is swing dancing, country style. It's a great thing too but this is so very different, and it looks so energetic and fun. I want to try it so bad but I don't know anyone or anywhere I could do it with. Better start preparing my solo footwork!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that this was published in 2018. I would love to be able to dance like this!!!! Hate new music. I am a product of my father who raise my sisters and I on Oldies music. This makes me so proud that there are young people who also appreciate great music!!!!
Merry Red if you love jazz and are interested in the dance, you should join your local Lindy Hop scene! The culture is more than alive and kicking, there are workshops and classes all over the world!
These people represent the era these songs represent so well that I don't see a single black person every time I watch videos with this style of dance, it's a shame because I'm black and I love this type of dance
@@zumazuma568 ahhh I found out I’m shite and never went there again 😭😭 so sad, maybe I should have stuck to it but everybody was like expert so ultra embarrassing :(
@@enricoiraldo9057 are you joking? Were you putting an expectation on yourself to be good at something on your first try? That's harsh, man. I was shite the first time too. And the second, and really for months. People who are already good might be coming from other dances, or it's advanced dancers who wanna refresh the basics, or they are helping out with the class, and they would never look down on you for not knowing something you haven't even tried before. So, if you really like it, don't let this stop you :)
I've been very productive in this quarantine. I learned the charleston and some solo swing steps. But now I'm really depressed, because I feel like I'm finally light on my feet enough to try this sort of stuff with a partner...except I can't. Thanks COVID.
For anyone wondering, most of these dancers do this as a hobby, though some may teach it too. Very few if any paid performers. also it's a Jack and Jill dance, these people have likely never partnered with each other.
Valerie Vivian well to be fair the concept of swing music is kind of the same everywhere 😉 so judging by how great they already are I think they wouldn’t have a problem with a „generic“ swing backround music 😅
My favorite part about this dance style is that it has such an emphasis on fun. Only the most talented can successfully fake this kind of energy and happiness. It requires coordination and planning but you have to be in the mood for it to avoid making it look stiff.
Girl there is no faking here! This dance IS fun!!!
I think this is very therapeutic to reach to good emotions😁
No fake, no no 😁 fun!
The best part about this dance is that it makes you instantly happy when you start dancing. So you dont have to fake it:)
Et encore une fois ce sont des noirs qui l'ont inventée. Incroyable non?
Girl in the green beret has so much joy in her it makes me cry.
A big smile like that is a wonderful thing.
Absolutely
absolutely she rocks that greeny girl.
Her calf muscles are too big. I can't handle that.
Right?! I’m smiling like an idiot trying to hold back my tears of joy😁
I have a friend who does the Lindy Hop, he is a train guard on a private steam train and very quiet & reserved that is until he is on stage doing the Lindy Hop and the transformation is incredible! Can’t believe he is the same person. So much energy & the way he swings his partner (I’m thinking hey ho ! ) he wears the most fab set of clothes too. I say if you have got - get out there!
Private *stream* train? Damn didn't know that was a thing. This guy is living his vintage lifestyle dream
These types of dances need to be popular again.
People need to have fun
They are popular that’s why there’s competitions. There’s swing clubs in pretty much every big city
Melbourne Shuffle, electroswing, PsyTrance, Shuffle, EDM, cutting shapes / high tek, etc., and so on and on,.... where do you live
Damn, I'm being taken into the underworld of something I didn't know. Lindy Hopping. I love it!
Same I owe it to the movie the Mask
Watching this and smiling and yet at the same time realising how awfully serious life has become….it’s time to begin having fun again…
Whilst this is a VERY admirable statement, let's remember that only the people who got to go to the parties in the twenties were having the fun. It wasn't all that fun for those who were destitute and poor. But as I said , a very admirable want to have!
@@hardiehardleyYou are in the wrong decade, but basically right, war and all wasn't all fun....
Swing dancing and Lindy Hop is the best fun ever. All ages can learn and there are great festivals all over the world. You will never regret learning.
I want to learn, but I live in the Midwest and the only 2 places within 2 hours of me closed with COVID
it is very much like Salsa Cubana. The same energy and the same pure joy!
Who won? The lady with the green beret was insaaaane!
She won :)
Aaah I see why!!
The best couple. So amazinggg
anyone who can have as much fun as the lady in the green beret has already won. probably a hard-fought win
You could tell she's really having a terrific time.
I wish my high school prom has the taste like this.
It’s all in the music🎶 and dance💃 I can picture my grandparents in the 30s & 40s dancing like this
My cousin recently married throughout this theme , had a great old time ..
Believe it or not, it’s all about perspective. In the olden days this music and these sexy moves were considered rambunctious and sexual. The older generation would view it as one may view the classlessness of twerking in the year 2023.
Same, dude…
Incredible. So fun and what life and dance should always be about. Thanks
Amen sir!
my mom is making me take a class for this... this will be interesting
You are so lucky!
I wish!
Please return and report
How did it go?
I'm thinking about it, what's it like?
I started learning Lindy Hop in 2017 and I *highly* recommend it! It's so much fun, the people are amazing, and since you're having fun you won't even realize how much you're exercising!
I went to try some lindy hop today with my dad. Although it was an introductory course, i was quite clearly the only one there who didn’t know the basic dance moves. Felt a bit out of place and i cant say i really got the hang of it from that one time, but im glad i did it. I’ve been allergic to dancing my entire (albeit, rather short) life and it was nice to get to dance with people you dont know with no strings attached, or history. The fact you change partner every few minutes also makes it way less awkward.
Keep going!
No matter how awkward you may feel.
Memories are all we're left with, especially with your Dad & new friends!
@@walter2990 Yup, putting things into perspective always helps in such situations.
*Memento mori*
I mean I loooove watching these.. and there are so many talented dancers! But I secretly wish everyone in the room had the enthusiasm and endurance to be jiving along the whole time.
My dad swing danced with my sister at her wedding, now whenever i see swing dancing i always remember that moment! Props to the people dancing look like so much and danced amazingly
На эти чудо-действа можно смотреть без устали! Браво!!!
Came here to imagine how Sadie and George Amberson would have danced there Lindy Hop back in the days and I can say I got not disappointed.... Amazing dance...
I reommend a wonderful room Ksenia & Daniel on Jazz Roots 2017 . Good luck!
Exactly what I did !
This is bizarre. I just started listening to 11.22.63 about 3 days ago and I just got to the part where George met Bevvy (and the othe guy cant remember his name) and helped them practice the Lindy Hop, which was what made me look it up (I knew what it was, just wanted to watch it). 20 minutes later I scroll throught the comments of a random video from Russia and see this comment comment from 3 years ago haha
stephen king mencionado :D
I love the girl with the green beret. I hope they won!
Apparently they did!
It's hard to believe, my grandparents did this, by the time I met them, they were old people trying to get into heaven.
I come back to this video every year or so and love being reminded of how much FUN the lindy hop is
This really restores my faith in humanity as a force worth living and coninuing in this world
This is so incredible and fun, I'm from Brasil and I didn't know exist a dance like this, should be so wonderful and happy, now I really want to know how to dance like this
They all look so happy, I really love the vibes !
This is the best Era of US culture... cheers from Mexico.
Culture and history is busting out from this dance... so beautiful....We've come so far...
At last! Something that makes exercise look FUN!
Couple with the girl with the Red beret was my favorite, matched well! All were amazing though!!
That made my day,
It makes me so happy
Back to the good old time
Originated in Harlem…The Lindy Bop.🙌🏾
Originated in my community ⚫️🔱🔴☝️
There’s Lindy Hop dance lessons in. Y city i just became aware of, apparently it’s a growing scene in my city and the lesson are very affordable. So I’m going to the beginner social next month before registration opens. So I’ve been looking up videos to see what I’m getting myself into lol looks really fun!
nice gave fun it´s option at my dance school so i might consider tryin it
Wait...why do i love this? Random ace video i can't stop watching. Shold be getting stoned on my lunch break
This dance makes my soul happy!😄💖💥and I have met great people as well!
ITS WONDERFUL STYLE :* RESPECT FROM LITHUANIA!!!
This is so joyful i wanna cry
Imagine a time when this was considered socializing and partying with friends. Now we're afraid to even say a simple hello through social media much less ask someone out on a date
We've still got clubs for this. Come find us after this pandemic. I'm a big fan of the Baltimore swing scene.
Well to be fair this was 2 years ago so clearly some of us are still doing these things
Hlo
See Germany/Austria - indoors/outdoors swing events/festivals/workshops, many with live orchestras 4-5 times a week all over the countries
These are modern people so idk what you are talking about
Hey from the US. I'm so sad at the way my govnt is villifying your people, and I really pray that outside of the insane people running things, the rest of us can remember we have more in common than not. Wishing you all well and lots of dancing~
❤❤❤
Aah yes, back in the good ol pre-pandemic era.
Smiling all the time watching this! 😀 Hardly doing quick-quick-slow-slow on my beginner lessons seems so embarrassing now lol 😂
Watching it was so enjoyable😊 awesome performance👌🏻👏🏻
I'm crying with joy! I wish I could experience the 20's and 30's (not the recession though 😅)
Amazing people thank you for posting
The closest thing to this that I've done is swing dancing, country style. It's a great thing too but this is so very different, and it looks so energetic and fun. I want to try it so bad but I don't know anyone or anywhere I could do it with. Better start preparing my solo footwork!
Joli! Vous êtes jolis. Magnifiques
Amazing dance style!❤
When covid ends this is what I'm signing up for
What a way to celebrate
Same!
The only fun thing to come out of New York.
Amazing couple the one of the girl with green hat and dance companion on red t-shirt. Thanks for sharing so much truth in you moves!!
GREAT ! Cesare from Italy
Damn i want to be able to do this
everybody starts from 0
Find your local Lindy Hop scene and go for it!
@@EmBookmark what if Lindy Hop is not a thing in my country?
@@samd8872 where are you from? There are Lindy Hop groups all over the world
Nostalgic.I miss my dance teacher whose patience was as much as my very poor practice...
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that this was published in 2018. I would love to be able to dance like this!!!! Hate new music. I am a product of my father who raise my sisters and I on Oldies music. This makes me so proud that there are young people who also appreciate great music!!!!
Merry Red if you love jazz and are interested in the dance, you should join your local Lindy Hop scene! The culture is more than alive and kicking, there are workshops and classes all over the world!
@@EmBookmark thank you for the suggestion. Maybe when I lose some weight ha. I've always loved this style of dance.
@@EmBookmark So happy that there are plenty of people out there that love this style.
Καταπληκτικοί χορευτές και χορός με δυνστότητες για άπειρες φιγούρες! 👏👏👏🌹❤
Que maravilla!!
ALLÁ VOY LINDY HOP!!!!! 💃
It's 😎 cool as hell seeing young people get in to it! Hell yea keep a rockin!
oh wow! this is not what i expected when i heard about the dance in the Vufcup song Barnyard Shuffle but now it makes sense, looks fun!
It's a pleasure to start a day with watching this amazing video!
this isn't just dancing, its a workout and a mind cleanser
best type of dance btw
Oh, how we missed such a competition!
Man that looks like so much fun 🙂
Had no idea Moscovites enjoyed American jazz so much. Very cool
This gives me so much joy!
I'm in love with the green beret girl.
Esta increíble ❤️
These people represent the era these songs represent so well that I don't see a single black person every time I watch videos with this style of dance, it's a shame because I'm black and I love this type of dance
@@matrixmotos1730з😅ххх
Harlem culture still alive.
Me searching 1930s dances so I can write a Alastor fanfic lol now I want to try it
Me discovering Lindy Hop thru Alastor fanfic and now I wanna try it too!
Looks fun hope they are nice and not cocky. Id be cocky for sure.
Lindy Hopping at 240 BPM - just amazing! 👏👏👏👏
great video, big like! Greetings from Italy
Golly, they're all great and look sooooo good doing it. ❤
Wow! What joy and fun. How do they make their shoes so slippery?
Leather soles on a wooden floor. You'd be surprised. It's like dancing in your socks in your living room.
wow this is awesome!! must be a great workout!!
I think I have never seen happier people in my life
Wow! This is so hot and cool at the same time! Xx
The one with the Green hat has an Emilia Clarke Smile
Now this is dancing..love it..
Amo. Esto es muy divertido!! Qué bien que se pasa con el swing!
My favorit Dance!
so nice !
yeaaaahhh man. now that's what i call swing baby
How I love this
When dancing was classy & from the heart ❤❤❤❤❤
Loving the music!
Just incredible.
Just look at all of them makes me smile😍🥰
C'était super agréable à voir :)
This is in Russia ? good for them , using the best [ not the worst ] of American couture .
Looks like a dance where every couple needs their own dancefloor. Probably why I've never seen it before.
Going today to my first lindy hop lesson in London… terrified but excited 🤣
how did it go?
@@zumazuma568 ahhh I found out I’m shite and never went there again 😭😭 so sad, maybe I should have stuck to it but everybody was like expert so ultra embarrassing :(
@@enricoiraldo9057 are you joking? Were you putting an expectation on yourself to be good at something on your first try? That's harsh, man. I was shite the first time too. And the second, and really for months. People who are already good might be coming from other dances, or it's advanced dancers who wanna refresh the basics, or they are helping out with the class, and they would never look down on you for not knowing something you haven't even tried before. So, if you really like it, don't let this stop you :)
super leuk, wij hebben ons meteen in geschreven!! top dit, ga zo verder!
(5:10-5:15) The most I've ever feared for someone else's shoulder.
It does look bad initially, but if you look closely it's not that bad :)
Don't worry, everything is calculated. Check out the breakdown of this type of steps: th-cam.com/video/N7RzWwENXwc/w-d-xo.html
OMG!! So aweeeesome!!
Moscow Dance Camp!!! ?? Otleachno
Brrrrrrilliant!!!
I've been very productive in this quarantine. I learned the charleston and some solo swing steps. But now I'm really depressed, because I feel like I'm finally light on my feet enough to try this sort of stuff with a partner...except I can't. Thanks COVID.
Convid 19 ...84
I would dance with ya if it weren't for covid 🥲 this looks like so much fun
Fantastic!!!💙💙💙
One day I want to be able to dance like this
Start it today
this looks like so much fun!
J'ai jamais vu une danse qui me correspond autant
For anyone wondering, most of these dancers do this as a hobby, though some may teach it too. Very few if any paid performers. also it's a Jack and Jill dance, these people have likely never partnered with each other.
And they probably had no idea what was gonna play until the moment they heard it. Jack and Jills are awesome tbh
Valerie Vivian well to be fair the concept of swing music is kind of the same everywhere 😉 so judging by how great they already are I think they wouldn’t have a problem with a „generic“ swing backround music 😅