Lindyfest 2014 - Invitational Strictly Lindy Hop Finals

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  • Top swing dancers compete in the Invitational contest at Lindyfest and the Lone Star Championships in Houston, Texas. Featuring Peter Strom, Jo Hoffberg, Skye Humphries, Frida Segerdahl, Mike Roberts, Joanna Lucero, Brooks Prumo, Laura Glaess, Kevin St-Laurent, Gaby Cook, Nick Williams, Nina Gilkenson, Michael "Dargoff" Darigol, Brittany Johnson, Todd Yannacone and Ramona Staffeld.
    Live music by Naomi Uyama and Her Handsome Devils: Naomi Uyama (vocals), Dalton Ridenhour (piano), Jake Sanders (guitar), Jared Engel (bass), Jeremy Noller (drums), Evan Arnzten (reeds), Charlie Halloran (trombone).
    For more on Lindyfest and Lone Star, visit lindyfest.hsds....

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  • @katej392
    @katej392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When youve actually started learning, you can apreciate how good these guys are, and how effortless they make it look.

  • @TheLeaf424
    @TheLeaf424 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The woman in the red dress and gold heels is really good i love her! That move at 6:10 is so sassy!

  • @vatozl0c0z
    @vatozl0c0z 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    love this type of dancing so much, lots of energy and attitude!!!

    • @johnstill9490
      @johnstill9490 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Jacob Meth YES!! Love their ATTITUDE...lots of SMILING!!

    • @ginoginoh
      @ginoginoh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go do it! It's amazing :D

  • @jojobeanie
    @jojobeanie 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Watching the slow motion one first and then watching the regular speed makes me appreciate everyone's quality of movement even more!

  • @Pip2250
    @Pip2250 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    At some point, it's just like, "Good luck, judges. You'll need it."
    Thanks for sharing, Alain!

  • @RomanAdar
    @RomanAdar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Alain another great video and of course excellent dancing and music as well. Thanks for sharing.

    • @AlainWong
      @AlainWong  10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You're welcome, Roman. Glad you appreciated it :)

    • @VehementSecondary
      @VehementSecondary 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alain Wong I feel lucky you're so generous! Cheers. :D

  • @trophy1999
    @trophy1999 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This makes Salsa look tame... no wounder these guys loo so fit..LOL

  • @SPennell
    @SPennell 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alain...Always love your Lindy Hop videos. Thanks for sharing with us who appreciate the art but can't be there.

  • @ilovejbf7
    @ilovejbf7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How can anyone not smile while watching lindy hop...its impossible!

  • @oliviaaloe9069
    @oliviaaloe9069 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first exposure to this style of dance was just a few days ago! It's so happy and energetic!

  • @clg850b
    @clg850b 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed watching that, thanks for posting.

  • @KarlosAMRR
    @KarlosAMRR 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    que cosa mas emocionante ver las parejas bailar de esa forma. me encanta el espectaculo. Salon de bailes que se basan en estilos de bailes del 1920 al 1950 y 1960 los estilos son varios entre ellos el swing , charleston , lindy hop y varios mas, y donde las parejas compiten segun el estilo lento, medio y rapido como el jazz el blue y rock and roll . gracias a Alain Wrong por subir el video

  • @jayherzog7683
    @jayherzog7683 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most beautiful art forms in the world.......Swinging to Lester Leaps In

  • @ibarzabal
    @ibarzabal 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A mention about this dance style in Stephen King's 11/22/63 book brought me here.
    And I am glad I did :)

    • @farmergiles71
      @farmergiles71 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A mention of this in Malcolm X's Biography brought me here :)

  • @donniehagy970
    @donniehagy970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love to see dancing like this! They are DANCING--not rubbing all over each other!

  • @SwingTime
    @SwingTime 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's great to see how this amazing dancers have improved throughout the years and are still better now :D

  • @jasonpatowsky6929
    @jasonpatowsky6929 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    first time seeing this kind of dance. Love it!

  • @glamourdaze
    @glamourdaze 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Rock and Roll - thirty years before it's time!

  • @jochun8
    @jochun8 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing and I congratulate you.

  • @sixteenstringjack
    @sixteenstringjack 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Going to my first class on Thursday. Can't wait / kinda scared I'll be rubbish!

    • @happyfreethinker
      @happyfreethinker 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      sixteenstringjack how did it go? Is it worth it for someone that has never danced sth else?

    • @RoshinrajRavi
      @RoshinrajRavi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@happyfreethinker absolutely, it is.

  • @venetiansiren
    @venetiansiren 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait to go to my first lesson in pasadena this Thursday!!!!

  • @drteeth7054
    @drteeth7054 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alain, you have the best videos.

  • @johnstill9490
    @johnstill9490 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW!! Just love this!! Awesome, REALLY...

  • @rocketdawg3000
    @rocketdawg3000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    0:21 to 0:32 front and center.....so smooth....jeez!

  • @59cadcoupe
    @59cadcoupe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fabulous! Everybody is wailing!

  • @Esralabu
    @Esralabu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Flow state. Absolutely phantastic.

  • @siartanas4195
    @siartanas4195 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    girl in red dress! you are the best really! hello to u from 2018!

  • @cesaremaffei3078
    @cesaremaffei3078 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    TOP ! I love it ! Cesare from Italy

  • @lovelaffin36
    @lovelaffin36 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow Wow!! So fantastic! So fun!!

  • @bluesharp59
    @bluesharp59 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very Nice ! Thumbs Up !!!!

  • @brianbentley13
    @brianbentley13 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great dancing so professional

  • @gungriffen
    @gungriffen 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has made me wonder, I've always assumed that film from the 1920s was sped up but watching this it may not have been.

  • @johngustafson2605
    @johngustafson2605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great band !!

  • @Jehielucas
    @Jehielucas 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ohhh i love it!

  • @tiarailic4086
    @tiarailic4086 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    must be sooo much fun!

  • @SheLeftALittleGlitter
    @SheLeftALittleGlitter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When the man casts the woman out, is the arm twirl a technical thing or is it just a natural movement? I'm not a dancer but I've been wanting to learn to swing for years.

    • @starogre
      @starogre 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what arm twirl? when the guy swings the girl's arm around her back and spins her? that's called texas tommy

  • @feebus1
    @feebus1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cookin' band too!

  • @nicolanero996
    @nicolanero996 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bellissimo

  • @bluesharp59
    @bluesharp59 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shared to Facebook

  • @TrickyPat88
    @TrickyPat88 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh oh he's doing the Lindy Hop!

  • @MaryStellaRose
    @MaryStellaRose 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it difficult to learn? Compared to other dances? It actually looks easy but many things which look easy are actually pretty difficult to do.

    • @ExitSiign
      @ExitSiign 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can do the dance at any skill level and it can be a blast. It takes many years and lots of training/social dancing with lots of people to make it look as easy as the people in this video do. :)

  • @ernestolapiedracanovas1959
    @ernestolapiedracanovas1959 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    esto si que es música...

  • @Вгостяхудеда-ж9ч
    @Вгостяхудеда-ж9ч 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Великолепно! Браво!!! )))

  • @tracey7209
    @tracey7209 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with the winners except, I think the couple with the woman in the gray dress should've been there instead of the woman with the tan dress lol. They were all awesome!

  • @wallflower-lo3yx
    @wallflower-lo3yx 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can this type of dancing be done to modern music?

    • @LaPenserosa1
      @LaPenserosa1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The music you hear in the video is being made right then and there, I think that fits the definition of 'modern.' ;) Jazz/Swing is a genre of music and the beat you're looking for is a fox trot/quickstep. If you can find something by an artist of another genre that plays in that tempo then you can do this dance to that.

  • @marciaross5921
    @marciaross5921 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE SAVOY KING is now on DVD! Don’t miss the film Dee Dee Bridgewater called, “A Masterpiece!” It celebrates the legendary Savoy Ballroom, Frankie Manning, Ella Fitzgerald, the amazing Lindy Hop dancers, and drummer / bandleader Chick Webb, the true “King of Swing.”
    www.thesavoykingdocumentary.com/shop?olsPage=products/the-savoy-king-dvd&olsFocus=false

  • @dellmanification
    @dellmanification 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brittany Johnson ticks the box!

  • @elenkaInn
    @elenkaInn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Великолепный танец!

  • @kelleherkevin
    @kelleherkevin 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nina Gilkenson!!

  • @samuelpope7798
    @samuelpope7798 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anybody know the name of the first song in this video? thanks

  • @mort7380
    @mort7380 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cringe so much now bc when I was four I was at my grandparent's house I brought my backyardigan show and I found this dance on that episode and I followed EVERY MOVE. Then guess what? THEY WENT ON THE FRICKIN TABLE LOL AND GUESS WHAT I DID??? THE LINDY HOP ON THE TABLE AND MY GRANDPARENTS ASKED WHAT I WAS DOING THEN MY MOM EXPLAINED AS I CONTINUED TO DANCE😂

  • @TheGrapes156
    @TheGrapes156 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i wanna learn this XD

  • @joehelfenberger
    @joehelfenberger 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    anyone know the name of the song they are dancing to beginning at 1:45? So catchy!

    • @Mikos2408
      @Mikos2408 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it's "Lester Leaps In" :)

    • @johnstill9490
      @johnstill9490 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mikos2408 Fantastic dancing!!! Fantastic music!!! Yes, I think it was "Lester leaps in"...Lester Ferguson, tenor saxaphone...1960s? :)

  • @GerardJanin
    @GerardJanin 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    c'est autre chose que les danses d'aujourd'hui ou on danse seul en regardant les autres danser

  • @tootz1950
    @tootz1950 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    But who won?

  • @MrERNESTOSOTOGARCIA
    @MrERNESTOSOTOGARCIA 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HI ALL PEOPLE!!! MY NAME IS ERNESTO I FROM TO MEXICALI, BAJA CALIFORNIA,MEXICO I LIKE SO MUCH THIS VIDEOS ALL DANCING GREAT, MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT INVITED A AFROAMERICANS AND THIS LINDY FEST, THANS`K. BYE...

    • @RomanAdar
      @RomanAdar 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they are more into Hip-Hop now and less to Lindy Hop. Only the best are invited regardless of their race, etc.

    • @CalifaJohn
      @CalifaJohn 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, it is just not popular any more in the African-American community. The younger generation sees it as something of their grandparents.

    • @JohnnyV83
      @JohnnyV83 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      other invitationals have black and even asian competitors, it just depends on the year. Hell, one champion in AZ is black

    • @CalifaJohn
      @CalifaJohn 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      JohnnyV83 Yes, it is making a comeback among more and more people.

    • @Dmiche02
      @Dmiche02 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they'd be put to shame. That's why.

  • @rfwielebinski
    @rfwielebinski 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    LIKE IT A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT; CIAO FRANCIS

  • @nataschaschraib766
    @nataschaschraib766 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    SWING-Baby da kann ich nicht mehr Sitzen Jea:-):-):-)

  • @Choochin
    @Choochin 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Soooo fuckin coooooool! I'd be hangin out with Trent and Sue watching Mikey dance with Loraine though. I cant dance.

  • @txann9273
    @txann9273 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pre nils And Bianca

  • @LadyNeko
    @LadyNeko 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hermoso :3

  • @estebannemo1957
    @estebannemo1957 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anyone know what band and song this is?

    • @elliebeee7
      @elliebeee7 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The band is Naomi and her Handsome Devils. I don't know songs

    • @estebannemo1957
      @estebannemo1957 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!

  • @cappyhope4023
    @cappyhope4023 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's funny, but compared to last year, this video looks tame. (As if the Lindy Hop could be tame...)

  • @SpeegBJ
    @SpeegBJ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, sure ain't Hellzapoppin'!

    • @SonOvaSon
      @SonOvaSon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's cuz there is no black folk in this

    • @davidm3946
      @davidm3946 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also, because this is a "strictly" lindy competition, it means no air steps or aerial maneuvers which can look more dynamic to a non-lindy audience. As to Anhelito, I used to dance a lot in Tacoma, and I always lamented the fact that there weren't more black people (young or old) interested in participating.

    • @SonOvaSon
      @SonOvaSon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      David Mortensen That is quite unfortunate :(

    • @Dmiche02
      @Dmiche02 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Mortensen Because they'd be put to shame. That's why.

    • @dogperson432
      @dogperson432 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing about this contest says no aerials, aerials are just out of style and the music is frankly too slow for them to look cool.

  • @FelixDance88
    @FelixDance88 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is another black art form appropriated by whites. Most whites thought Jazz was an unrefined dirty "black thing". Eventually people forgot (as Americans tend to do) and whites laid claim to it as their own. Alot of our American identity is owed to our fellow African Americans. Happy late Juneteenth.

  • @Butterx22
    @Butterx22 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this dance! I notice that black people dont take part in this, I kinda feel like I wouldnt be accepted if I competed. :/ :|

    • @AlainWong
      @AlainWong  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Butter-Butter Although there may seem to be less representation in the context of this video, I assure you that many efforts have been taken and continue to be taken to make you feel included and accepted. Among other things, there is the Frankie Manning Foundation that you can learn about. Also, there are international teachers such as Remy Kouakou Kouame who are present in competitions around the world: th-cam.com/video/8bYkGE8Z2tA/w-d-xo.html

    • @AlainWong
      @AlainWong  9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Efforts have also been taken to bring closer together the street dance community and the Lindy Hop community. Watch this Street Dancers vs Lindy Hoppers battle: th-cam.com/video/5ZGTWk1xK6U/w-d-xo.html in which dancers exchange and share their respective dances. There is collaboration and inspiration coming from both sides.

    • @alyasgrey9370
      @alyasgrey9370 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Butter-Butter Nah dude, these folks are just about as cool as they come with new faces. Most of the instructors would be really excited to see a young black man wanting to learn.

    • @veronicabloemeke2688
      @veronicabloemeke2688 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Butter-Butter Get into Swing, man! Every swing dance I have been to has been fun and welcoming of ALL people of ALL abilities. Most big (and medium) US cities have Swing Dancing clubs, just google it. Start out with East Coast; it's the easiest and many open dances start off with a free hour long crash course in the basics.

    • @Artimusk
      @Artimusk 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Butter-Butter I feel you... I want to dance too!

  • @tiarailic4086
    @tiarailic4086 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    If I ever get a boyfriend we are going to do this!

  • @SheLeftALittleGlitter
    @SheLeftALittleGlitter 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    For this being just last year, the outfits sure are drab. (no that's not ALL I'm focused on. ALL of the dancing was obviously superb)

    • @redanvo
      @redanvo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      The outfits are meant to be drab ;)

    • @SheLeftALittleGlitter
      @SheLeftALittleGlitter 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean can you add a pattern or something? haha. Or does that count against them in scoring or something? I don't know how this works at all.

    • @brahimmekni6534
      @brahimmekni6534 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sara Wolfe

  • @jovial111
    @jovial111 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:36 nick nina swingout :-D

  • @germanomondino6951
    @germanomondino6951 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tai chi

  • @darlitomamaril9893
    @darlitomamaril9893 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it look better when the guy is shorter than the gal .

  • @cornholio9186
    @cornholio9186 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here because of Malcom X 😂😂

  • @nacionalista1779
    @nacionalista1779 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Playing dress up is not necessary, can be done in modern clothes

  • @darlitomamaril9893
    @darlitomamaril9893 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    s for the word look..sorry .

  • @HConstantine
    @HConstantine 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here from a trail through Chick Web and George Snowden . This is sort of pathetic.

    • @balboabound
      @balboabound 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's Chick WEBB. We look forward to you showing off how much better you are next year superstar.

    • @Branche11
      @Branche11 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it's really impressive hwo smoothly they dance, especially since they aren't with their partners.

  • @vino140
    @vino140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the Lindy, women should always wear skirts and shoes w small heel. Pants/flats are a NO!

  • @mdance4life
    @mdance4life 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    very bad form
    very very bad