February 2012
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Top 20 Online Resources For Becoming a Bad-Ass... →
bristolswing: A tumblr congrats to fuckyeahswingdance and theswingdaily for making the list :) clearly you should have been on the list instead since you posted this before I got there ;) Also, I signed up for rhythmjuice to see what it was like a while back, and unless you are prepared you go premium and pay for it, I don’t think it’s worth signing up for. You only have access to...
Feb 23rd
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Lindy Hop VS Improv Comedy →
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Want more of your shoes to be danceable?
bristolswing: tangledletters: bristolswing: mllekatinthehat: bristolswing: Maybe only temporarily? Just seen a tip on Reddit - try buying some sticky-back felt! I usually use duct tape, but I might give this a shot at some point. :) Just going to give this a re-reblog as I found another link with more emergency suggestions when faced with a bad floor, but I think some could be...
Feb 19th
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Feb 17th
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The last night of an event...
…always makes me aqcuire Magic Following Skills of Awesomeness. Not only do I follow pretty much everything, but I also do stuff with my footwork I had no idea how to do, and that fits the music perfectly. In my mind anyway, I may well look terrible. Now how do I reach that state in all of my dancing?
Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Lindy Hop help?
xenofae: Hey guys. :c So, my girlfriend and I are really interested in learning how to Lindy Hop, and the closest organizations that could help me out with that are in different cities. Being 16, we aren’t really able to go out of town and spend alot of money. We’re sticking to Youtube videos for now, but I really don’t feel like that’s enough. XD How did you guys get started? c: I had an...
Feb 16th
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Feb 13th
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30 day solo jazz challenge?
So my fuzzy goal for, well, ages has been to work on my solo jazz. In order to unfuzz that goal, I was thinking of doing a 30 day challenge, which would be a combination of the “answer questions” type challenge and an activity type challenge. I don’t think I could complete it in a month, though. E.g. Day 1 Do the Shim Sham and find new ways to style all the steps Day 2...
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Filming of 'Sh*t Lindy Hoppers Say' CONFIRMED!
lotusmika: by none other than Nick Williams! GET EXCITED LINDY HOPPERS, WE’RE ABOUT TO BE ON THE YOUTUBES! Are we not all over the youtubes already? Shit people say is kind of over, but this needs to happen. Can we have a “shit blues dancers/balboa dancers say”, too?
Feb 1st
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Stomping on the Patriarchy - With Big Bad Dancing... →
Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Spontaneous hugs at the end of the dance are the...
Jan 29th
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First Post
doingthelindyhop: I am going to use this blog as a journal to keep track of what I learn and what I am taught at lessons :)  Here is a little bit about me as if it matters: I have been dancing lead for 4 months now, lindy is my first type of dance. I am starting to feel like I can start to string a dance together now.  I like dancing and it is fun and I guess it keeps me fit and you get to meet...
Jan 25th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 15th
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I think it's time to openly discuss why I really...
swingitout: A couple of friends finally got the real reason out of me the other night and I realized I owe the followers of this blog that explanation so maybe it won’t happen to them. I guess you could say I was in with the “cool” dancers.  At least, that’s how others saw it.  I didn’t really see it that way, but I digress.  Anyway, I suppose I’d gotten in with the cool crowd, but with that...
Jan 14th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 10th
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ListenLouis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies
Jan 8th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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A dance epiphany to start the new year: be lazy!
So I went dancing while still dealing with the leftover symptoms of a cold. Bad, I know, but I think you aren’t that contagious once the worst is over, and I did wash my hands a lot… and I’d not been dancing for two weeks. Since I still wasn’t feeling 100%, I wanted to take it easy and preserve my energy. This seemed to really improve some of the issues that had  been...
Jan 5th
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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“My one wish for new dancers is that they learn to form a more positive...”
– My Biggest Wish for New Dancers: A Rational Optimism | The Enthusiastic Life If you’re reading this, you are probably not in any danger of giving up Lindy Hop, but this might be something to show the newer or less confident dancers in your life.
Dec 27th
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First night of the Snowball (Stockholm) tonight!
bristolswing: I shall be making my way in for this first night, then I go back home to Bristol tomorrow (couldn’t afford the time or money for the whole thing this year). Any other tumblrites going to be there? Ah, I wish. Let us know how it was!
Dec 26th
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NYT: Gotta Dance? Swing On Over →
djryanswift: Today the NYTimes published a great writeup about swing dancing in NYC, and heavily featured Yehoodi.com’s Frim Fram Jam, which you probably know I help run. THERE are swinging parties in Manhattan nearly ever night. The trick is in knowing where to find them. Take a recent Thursday: Sandwiched between a Blarney Stone and a liquor shop on Eighth Avenue just south of Penn Station...
Dec 23rd
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Men Following & Women Leading in Lindy Hop
dancequeer: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF63E8D051C4BE683 A playlist of excellent lindy hoppers, where women act as the ‘lead’ and men the ‘follow’.  They are all same-sex dance partnerships - videos of women leading men seem to be harder to find.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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"Oh my God, you've only been dancing X months/a...
I feel like I’ve reached that stage where people have stopped saying this, and I really need to start pushing myself to improve and to have something to show for the time I’ve been dancing. Not because I want other people to say this to me again (which would be nice), but because I think I’ve got much more to learn and I’m still pretty far off from what I’m capable of...
Dec 20th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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Dance Card
colorspunk: Graphical representations of time always interest me. I love calendars, clocks and watches. They make time visual. I’m an active swing dancer and I go to a lot of dances and weekend long events. While at the different events there ends up being a lot of talk about different upcoming events and people asking each other if they’re going. Trying to remember exact dates can get fuzzy...
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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tangledletters: I need new lindy shoes. Nothing fancy, just something that slides well and is easy to clean (and cheap as dirt, please). I’ve thought about getting a pair from H&M, of these Hipster-styled ones, but I’m not sure they’ll be comfy enough, or go with my clothes very well… Does anyone have any recs? What kind of shoes do you guys wear for dancing?  I wear cheap-as-chips...
Dec 7th
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