February 2012
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Krister Shalm: the lindy hop can explain quantum... →
I have to admit I’m more excited about the wide exposure for Lindy Hop than the physics, but yay!
Feb 25th
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Can your dancing improve while putting your feet...
bristolswing: Lately I’ve been dancing less, but the times I have danced in this last month have been really good! I had a bit of a wobble over New Year, I now suspect that was one of those plateauing moments where I saw where I could be and where I was stuck at the same time - meaning my dancing felt a bit rubbish. I’m very pleased to say it doesn’t now. Keeping the dancing brain ticking...
Feb 25th
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Cross-training?
We all know that solo jazz is THE SOLUTION TO ALL YOUR DANCING PROBLEMS ALWAYS, but have you found anything useful that’s not under the vintage swing/blues umbrella? Something that’s part of your background that you believe made you a better dancer? Or something you’ve been thinking of taking up in the hope that it will improve your dancing?
Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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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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