Lindyfest 2014 - Invitational Strictly Lindy Hop Finals

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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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jojobeanie 10 жыл бұрын

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

@TheLeaf424 5 жыл бұрын

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

@vatozl0c0z 9 жыл бұрын

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

@johnstill9490 8 жыл бұрын

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

@ginoginoh 6 жыл бұрын

Go do it! It's amazing :D

@trophy1999 10 жыл бұрын

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

@ilovejbf7 8 жыл бұрын

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

@ibarzabal 10 жыл бұрын

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

@farmergiles71 10 жыл бұрын

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

@Pip2250 10 жыл бұрын

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

@oliviaaloe9069 8 жыл бұрын

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

@jayherzog7683 6 жыл бұрын

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

@donniehagy970 5 жыл бұрын

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

@SPennell 10 жыл бұрын

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

@RomanAdar 10 жыл бұрын

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

@AlainWong 10 жыл бұрын

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

@VehementSecondary 10 жыл бұрын

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

@Esralabu 2 жыл бұрын

Flow state. Absolutely phantastic.

@rocketdawg3000 9 жыл бұрын

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

@SwingTime 6 жыл бұрын

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

@KarlosAMRR 10 жыл бұрын

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

@jasonpatowsky6929 8 жыл бұрын

first time seeing this kind of dance. Love it!

@glamourdaze 10 жыл бұрын

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

@59cadcoupe 10 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Everybody is wailing!

@clg850b 7 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching that, thanks for posting.

@siartanas4195 6 жыл бұрын

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

@cesaremaffei3078 3 жыл бұрын

TOP ! I love it ! Cesare from Italy

@johnstill9490 8 жыл бұрын

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

@sixteenstringjack 8 жыл бұрын

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

@happyfreethinker 5 жыл бұрын

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

@RoshinrajRavi 5 жыл бұрын

@@happyfreethinker absolutely, it is.

@jochun8 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and I congratulate you.

@johngustafson2605 2 жыл бұрын

Great band !!

@lovelaffin36 7 жыл бұрын

Wow Wow!! So fantastic! So fun!!

@venetiansiren 9 жыл бұрын

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

@feebus1 10 жыл бұрын

Cookin' band too!

@drteeth7054 6 жыл бұрын

Alain, you have the best videos.

@Jehielucas 9 жыл бұрын

Ohhh i love it!

@brianbentley13 8 жыл бұрын

Great dancing so professional

@TrickyPat88 9 жыл бұрын

Oh oh he's doing the Lindy Hop!

@nicolanero996 9 жыл бұрын

Bellissimo

@bluesharp59 10 жыл бұрын

Very Nice ! Thumbs Up !!!!

@ernestolapiedracanovas1959 7 жыл бұрын

esto si que es música...

@user-yv2vq4tn3i 8 жыл бұрын

Великолепно! Браво!!! )))

@tiarailic4086 7 жыл бұрын

must be sooo much fun!

@elenkaInn 5 жыл бұрын

Великолепный танец!

@bluesharp59 8 жыл бұрын

Shared to Facebook

@gungriffen 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@dellmanification 6 жыл бұрын

Brittany Johnson ticks the box!

@kelleherkevin 7 жыл бұрын

Nina Gilkenson!!

@mort7380 5 жыл бұрын

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😂

@tracey7209 9 жыл бұрын

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!

@txann9273 2 жыл бұрын

Pre nils And Bianca

@rfwielebinski 7 жыл бұрын

LIKE IT A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT; CIAO FRANCIS

@GerardJanin 6 жыл бұрын

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

@LadyNeko 10 жыл бұрын

Hermoso :3

@MrERNESTOSOTOGARCIA 10 жыл бұрын

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 10 жыл бұрын

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 10 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnnyV83 10 жыл бұрын

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

@CalifaJohn 10 жыл бұрын

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

@Dmiche02 9 жыл бұрын

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

@marciaross5921 6 жыл бұрын

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

@TheGrapes156 10 жыл бұрын

i wanna learn this XD

@freakyfurby7953 6 жыл бұрын

SHUT UPPP same XD

@SpeegBJ 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, sure ain't Hellzapoppin'!

@SonOvaSon 10 жыл бұрын

That's cuz there is no black folk in this

@davidm3946 10 жыл бұрын

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 10 жыл бұрын

David Mortensen That is quite unfortunate :(

@Dmiche02 9 жыл бұрын

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

@dogperson432 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@wallflower-lo3yx 8 жыл бұрын

Can this type of dancing be done to modern music?

@LaPenserosa1 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@SheLeftALittleGlitter 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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

@Choochin 8 жыл бұрын

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

@nataschaschraib766 9 жыл бұрын

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

@vappukuivamaki5636 7 жыл бұрын

Natascha Schraib

@germanomondino6951 4 жыл бұрын

Tai chi

@MaryStellaRose 8 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@FelixDance88 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@jovial111 9 жыл бұрын

5:36 nick nina swingout :-D

@tootz1950 7 жыл бұрын

But who won?

@joehelfenberger 9 жыл бұрын

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

@Mikos2408 9 жыл бұрын

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

@johnstill9490 9 жыл бұрын

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

@samuelpope7798 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tiarailic4086 7 жыл бұрын

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

@SheLeftALittleGlitter 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

The outfits are meant to be drab ;)

@SheLeftALittleGlitter 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

Sara Wolfe

@cappyhope4023 9 жыл бұрын

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

@Butterx22 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsiJnqp2ncCWpHU.html

@AlainWong 9 жыл бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8B3h7qclt6vZok.html in which dancers exchange and share their respective dances. There is collaboration and inspiration coming from both sides.

@alyasgrey9370 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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