How to dance The Charleston from the 1920s
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In this video: Sharon Davis demonstrates the basic step of 1920s dance, The Charleston.
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why does it look so easy but seems so impossible when you actually try it
it's not impossible, just takes a fair bit of practice
Something that helped me when learning was in the front touch instead of touching we kicked out which gave u a smoother motion
just go slow and keep practice
If you think dancing is hard try animating it hahahaha
@@21stcenturyninja64 animating dance is easy, you do what disney did and draw your characters over videos of people dancing
Idk how I ended up here but I regret nothing
Julian Fuentes same haha
Julian Fuentes lol
I know exactly how I ended up here. I looked up how to do the Charleston. I'm not sure which is a worse harbinger of TH-cam addiction :/
It’s not the worst place to be. As it is this video was quite informative.
Same lol
I learned how to count to 8. That’s about it. You make it look so easy... nice!
😂
The twenties are coming back in less than a month and i want to dance that in the 20s😂
ME TOOOOOOOOOO
Ah, yes. When everyone thought 2020 was going to be a good year.
@@hithere911 fck😂😂
What if after the corona virus everythings good like the "Roaring Twenties"
No ya don’t. 😕
It looks like she's dancing in another language 😂
wild fleur walnut sause
She’s dancing in cursive
I have been wanting to learn this dance for literally years since learning about the 20s as a teen. I was so excited when I found Aaron1912's video but quickly lost hope when it proved way too complicated. For years I always felt frustrated when I'd hear swing dancers tell me it was soooo easy and I once even scoffed when I read once that the dance was so easy that the flappers had it down in no time. Then I discovered this video.... about a month later of practicing and I finally have it down! I could cry I'm so happy! 😅 Thank you so much!
I'm so glad to hear this. I only found this vid today, but it the best lesson I have found yet... hopefully I can master it within a month of practice. It is SO hard for me right now.
Lel the same goes to me. I lost interest after i finished college. After 9 years, i'm back and started learning electro swinging for reals.
These comments make us so happy! 🥰
Don't know why I'm here, at One and a half in the mornin'
Or how I got to this point
Lemme just say that,
_Boy, oh golly, aw gee!_ Do I love that Charleston.
And now, for whatever reason, I now know it. Thanks, TH-cam recommendations!
Devil Darlin' it's 1:34am send help pls
Aha one and a half in the morning, best way I've seen of says half one in the morning.
I lived in Charleston for 11 years that's why I'm here, no interest in the dance whatsoever. 😂
for me it was 1:15am
it's 1:23am for me. xD
This is a great how-to. I particularly appreciate that you show the steps from both the front and back - I'm awful at matching visuals to how my feet actually move, so the extra perspectives are a great help!
Here’s what I learned( it may be wrong): When you pick up your feet, turn them in. When you put them down to do the taps turn them out. I respect whoever can manage to do this. If this doesn’t help I suggest watching her feet and looking at when she does the twists
To JazzMADLondon: An old ankle injury has rather slowed me down, but somehow someway I'm going
to learn The Charleston. And I'm beginning with this video. Thank you, THANK YOU!
It will take me years to master the Charleston, even though you make it look so easy. I seem to have been born with 2 left feet so I can't as easily coordinate my steps, however out of all the videos I watched, your video is most informative and comprehensive.
You're not alone.
I seem to not ONLY be the unprivileged OWNER of "2-LEFT FEET, " but I've also got 'em dangling from these 2 left-LEGS, as well! ;-P
I do hope you are being sarcastic! This is just about the easiest dance ever made!
susan payer It's not easy for everyone; I also have a hard time doing it correctly.
I used to worry about having two left feet as well but when I learned that men lead with their left, having two of them opened up an amazing world of dance possibilities!
You look SO elegant doing these steps Sharon. With your help I finally got my head and feet around the basic steps, (although I look more like Charlie Chaplin, with my short stout legs). Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou for this lesson :)
She’s an excellent teacher when it comes to breaking down the dance moves!
we're all gonna have to re-learn this now that it's the 20s again lol (who else forgot it from last time)
You are a very reliable person, everyone can count on you !
thankyou Sharon ! your lesson makes charleston look very easy to dance !
Great video!! I watched SO many videos trying to learn the Charleston, and this is the only one that worked! I love how she breaks it down into separate components, which is exactly what I needed to figure out the foot twists!
Excellent video without no extra gimmicks. Easiest way to learn the steps. Thank you!!!
The best online video of any dancing instruction I've seen so far!
Highest respects to anyone who can do this... much harder than it looks
My grandma would do this when I was a little girl and I thought was just awesome.
AHHH ITS 8 AT NIGHT AND I LEARNED HOW TO DO IT!!!!
Keldawott ! It's 10pm and I just learned! A friend told me abt a class and I had to hop online so I can get some stuff down and this looked way too fun!
HOW.
It’s been 3 days. I wanted to learn it before my 20s themed New Years party. I still don’t get it 😂
When is 8 at Night?
For me, this can either be in the morning or evening...
i hope you still can :)
Thank you! I was able to learn this in only a half hour!
Amazing! You make it look so easy, but luckily the 20's are coming around again. I promise I will figure this out, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7!!
I'm here because my mom really wants to learn it
And because it's 2am quarantine
WOW, she is beautiful !
I want those shoes
Me too!!!
Sherry Salzman My Cousin got one. Gladly she doesn't like em and tossed them in the Trash. Too much glitter
It's just like shuffle-dancing.. everything comes back.
I think even now she's gorgeous
Beautiful elegant and fun!
I feel like I will need to see this like 6 or8 times before I try it , the teacher is very nice I just wonder if male parts are the same as female parts.
I have to learn this by Tuesday and it’s not as easy as it looks. Like at all
And now they shuffle dance which is so similar to the charleston!
So 100 years later, kids are doing this all over again, just calling it shuffling, or neoswing, etc. Nice :D
Splendid! And how pretty too!
In the original Charleston, both dancers swung babies around their heads while dancing the to-fro steps. Back then it was at a slower tempo; as the speed increased over the years babies began colliding with more and more force and so they decided to eliminate them for safety's sake. Still, it was a bit of fun every time one would hear a moist thudding sound. Ahh, yesteryear...
I can somewhat do it now!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I almost wish I didn't take martial arts- almost impossible for me to get over the habit of aligning my heels with those kicks at 1:16.
It should actually help you. Martial art should teach you to use your body more effectually
@@proteus371 It should yes, but that's not exactly how it seems for me. With MMA, you aren't really based on timing, it's what's coming at you. I guess it's a little more reflectual.. You are always timing your movements off of what other people do, not yourself. So it is a bit more difficult to move four different limbs all at once, lol. MMA, is one movement at a time, the Charleston is a bit different.
I do martial arts too, but I'm also a drummer, so I guess I don't have the same problem (I'm plenty used to using all four limbs at once). I see your point though.
I do martial arts too and i can't seem to do that part
YOU'RE SO GORGEOUS!
Im going to learn the Charleston.
Excellent.
Thank you!
Your shoes are gorgeous
Sweet Jiminy Crickets, you're making this look so easy, it's impressive.
Lovely!
This makes me with I was born in the 1900s...
Any decade would be cool to live in.
I want to learn this so badly, but I think I need a teacher! Specializing in two left fins😂
Why is this not a big craze again, flappers, Charleston? It's taken 100 years to get back to the twenties, I can't live long enough to wait another 100 if it doesn't happen.
I need to learn this always loved this dance but could I really do it with doggy hips and pain in my knees yes what the hell ill suffer but at least I will learn a fantastic dance
absolutely beautiful! she looks like an angel dancing in the heavens
I love the 1920s and old dances and music! Hopefully that stuff will be kept alive in the near future
Look up 1920s dance and I swear those people had unlimited amount of energy!!! Why do they dance so fast!
Thanks so much! I'm doing a theatre play on the roaring 20's, and was cast as a flapper girl, and after weeks of practice I can finally do it!
That's brilliant, go Rose!
@@JazzMAD Thanks so much! All thanks to you though!
Lucky you!
I love it. I learnt it from you :). Very good video :)
Music would have been great at the end and a partner to demonstrate
Favorite move from Friend Like Me
OMG! I so WANT those shoes... Where can I get those from?
Try ModCloth
dance catalogs. Or Amazon
Have to do this in my musical it feels impossible
thank you so much!!!!
Ok am I learning how to do the Charleston or the crip walk
My grandmother could do this really good but she was born in the early 1920s though..lol
I think LMFAO recreated this as their main dance 😂
What are the best type of shoes to find for The Charleston, for men or women? We're doing a play where the actors are doing the Charleston, but everyone's shoes so far won't twist on any surface it seems. I imagine a hard soled dress shoe would work better, but so far I'm not finding any.
The slippery-er the better. Hard leather or suede soles are best. The twisting motion of Charleston can really damage your joints (knees particularly) if done with sticky shoes. And if anyone is wearing a heel, make it’s low (not more than 1.5 inches or so) and sturdy, a wide/Cuban heel, no skinny stiletto heels. It’s for safety and historical authenticity. Any dance brand’s “character shoes” are probably fine, though ugly. Check out this article for brands making authentic styles with the right soles for serious dancing: www.jazzmad.co.uk/the-best-shoes-for-swing-dancing/
I’m only here because of the corona home school learning (drama)
It looks so easy when you do it and I wanted to dance the Charleston so badly (also because I love electro swing) but no matter how often I tried I failed miserably.
Needed some Charleston music in the background
I can do the part with my legs but if I try to use my arms it's like my legs just stop working
Are we going back that far or farther.
Thank you. A friendly tip to make this much more helpful for slow learners like myself. Do not keep changing points of view. Going from you facing us to facing away and then back, it's very confusing to a newbie. I highly recommend doing the entire lesson (all the moves from beginning to end) first entirely facing away from us. This is the perspective that matches our own and is easiest to follow since we don't have to reverse it all in our heads. Then once the student thinks they have it, lesson 2 can have you facing us..but only if we have access to a large mirror so we can look in the mirror to see if we look like you.
Also, wearing just socks would greatly help to see your heel-raises clearly. In fact, shouldn't all universal beginners' instruction videos start flat-heeled (or just in socks) to take the unnecessary complexity of high heels (constant heel arch) out of it? Not to mention, half your audience (men) don't wear high heels and not all women like to dance in them. Cheers.
Great teaching Sharon! I too love the shoes. I had a pair like this when i was a kid !! they were tap shoes. :P .
You also have a lovely voice to listen to on the tutorial.
I actually learned the dance gang gang took me a day
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS I'M SO UNCOORDINATED BUT I CAN ACTUALLY DO THE CHARLESTON NOW !!!!!!
RESPECT +
One more day of 2019 to practice! Hoping I can figure out the swivel before then.......
We're reading the Great Gatsby and doing the Charleston was extra credit. I feel so akward
Fuck this shit, this shit is fucking hard
nice!!
Your too fast
Oh my god- Thank you so much for making this look so effortless! This is the one instruction video that hasn’t completely scared me away yet. I’m gonna be doing the Charleston across my bucket list in no time!
absolutly perfect video thank's
Some music towards the end wouldn't have hurt, but cool intro anyway.
I tried it, then I realized that I am Not coordinated enough to Charleston
Thank you. Broken down in slow motion is EXACTLY what I need...
Those shoes are EXACTLY the style I've been looking for for my wedding. I really wish I knew where to get them.
Lindsey Pindsey they are Swingz Lindy Shoes (www.swingzlindyshoes.com)
JazzMAD London Thank you so much! 😁
i actually learned how to charleston for this thank you so much!!!!
I've been practicing on and off for a week or two and am slowly getting.
its about to be 2020, you know what that means!!
Yessss! We're so excited
I learned this back when I was a kid in HS but didn't know the name of it. I took dance in college but HS was where I learned all the ballroom and trendy dances. Somebodies parents were ballroom dancers and they came in and taught every term on the extra empty school days where they had to stay open to get money from the state, but all classwork was done so it was the last 2 days before Christmas and before summer and they broke days up with board games, movies, dancing, for people who didn't skip school of course. Then theater class they came in too, for Bernice Bobs her Hair and you had fewer partners to choose from. I remember square dancing too, that was a month each year of middle school and they played a couple of records calling out what to do. "Now the two head ladies cross over, across from the opposite side, two side ladies cross over, all join hands. All into the circle and from in the circle back out, swing your corner partner and promenade the hall."
Thanks for the show.
Well done!
Thank you.
The Charleston Song.
Charleston! Charleston! Made in Carolina!
Some dance, some prance
I’ll say there’s nothing finer than Charleston, Charleston, gee how can you shuffle;
Every step you do, leads to something new.
Man I’m telling you, it’s a lapazoo!
There’s another song called, “Tapioca” but I can’t remember the lyrics.
I’m never going to get to sleep now it’s going to drive me insane! 😳🙄🤦🏻♀️
found connections there with electro swing dance XD
I decided on a whim to learn this lively dance at midnight. After studying this video for 2 hours, I believe I’ve mastered it!
Yeah, go Elizabeth! That’s awesome
hm... Miku is better. jk looks very hard well done :D
Isaac -P Kinda like roger rabbit 🐇
In old movies, when they want to make fun of people dancing the Charleston, they put their hands on their knees and move as if the knees aren't solid.
Where did you get your shoes? -great tips!
look so simple yet its so difficult
Awesome. Did we not jump foreword to the 1960s, 3 decades , to the era that embraced the attitude of. ‘ Let the devil take the hindmost’ we have arrived , and the establishment can go **** themselves.
The only reason im here is i have to do this dance for P.E T-T
At age 65 I can still Charleston, but at my best I never looked as good as you do, and I could never get the knack of doing it in heels....sigh....
I’m going up on stage soon at wood vile