@Juan Ignacio Caino Except in this case, these dancers were among the people who invented/popularized this style of dance in the first place, and a lot of people forget the pivotal role African-Americans played in developing both swing dancing and swing music (as well as the important influence those forms had in the development of subsequent American music and dance). Indeed, considering some of the figures he dedicated his music to, Ellington himself seems to have considered great black dancers to have played an important role in advancing the black cause. Also, I'd say that ballet aficionados would strongly disagree with your statement (definitely don't let old Russians hear you, that's for sure).

@Juan Ignacio Caino But these are veterans of the Savoy Ballroom, where the moves were created to impress their fellow dancers as much as anyone else. After all, the Savoy was where the great Chick Webb held court, and he wasn't going to have the place degrade itself for anyone. And of course, a big difference between the Lindy Hop and the kind of dancing going on at somewhere like the Cotton Club is that white kids wanted to be able to Lindy Hop themselves. Anyways, have a nice week too!

There was a resurgence in Swing dance in the late 1990's ... and there are still places/clubs you can find it. Sorry your generation knows so little ...but you can be a catalyst and get them interested - such great music/dance will and should live forever.

Preach

A Big mac is 3 thin pieces of bread with two thin pieces of meat. Humans have eaten that gladly going back many thousands of years. Get over yourself.

@@charlesduckettjr.800 Trying to boost that McDonalds stock? hehehe

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