Techno Contra YDW 2008 (My Cool, Adam Tensta)

[dampraindrop]

shit is rad. i want this in the pacific northwest

[liampelot]

Looks like fun but where are all the African American people?

[forresto]

@liampelot Google: Demographic Maps: African-American Population

[poptart777]

Such a merge of ages! folk dance + techno = even better

[mercymind]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Missing this right now.

[doctordarrow]

Asheville must be a great place to contra dance. Looks like a lot of fun!

[forresto]

@doctordarrow This one was in Vermont (with a van full of Asheville cats). We invented [continuous mix techno contra] dancing to Girl Talk right after making this video.

[THEbubbleskid]

Hottest contra dancing EVER! Awesome video, I am addicted! Great dancers, too.

I love contra, would love to try this fusion style.

[VerDeTerre1001]

@VerDeTerre1001 Ah! I see! I don't mean to begrudge anyone their style of music, it's just that the distortions of heavy electronics has always bothered me like nails on chalkboard. One single dance, or even a few of them, coming so late wouldn't upset me at all. Thanks for explaining.

[forresto]

@VerDeTerre1001 I can say with all confidence that everybody dancing here also loves plenty of acoustic contra bands. Elixer played this weekend, and rocked it. This dance was at two in the morning: an addition to the rest of the weekend, not a substitution or subtraction.

[wmloving4]

FYI, the dance is actually named "Hay" in the Barn, not "Hey"....

[fleurhillm]

I've been contra dancing since 1982, (I was 22), and would love to dance to this music (maybe not all night, but sure for a few dances). I hope more contra dances will add alternative music! By the way, that move at 1:08 where they kiss? That's how I ended up having to have a root canal on my front tooth - so be careful. :-)

[twirlyskirts]

no root canal, just a shredded bloody heart....

[fleurhillm]

Ouch! :( However, as a Scottish grandmother once said: "What's for you, won't go by you."

[vampymegs]

This is awesome, I just learned of Contra Dancing tonight (a friend told me about it) but THIS is RIGHTIOUS! Awesom engery in these guys ... great tune! Missing my young days in the club! Where was this?

[nvsabl1]

rhythmic !!

what other alternative music really works with a specific contra to make an excellent combination like this?

[stram87]

I don't think this would work in a traditional contra environment. But its cool either way. Might work at my college but not with the contra people I know.

[rukeyser]

forresto: LOVE this so much. best we could do back in the day - like 20 years ago - was She works Hard for the Money ( at Augusta ) & tracks from Paul Simon's Graceland ( in Cleve Hits).

"Rendezvous" is great for alternative, too!

[wmloving4]

The dance is "Hay in the Barn" by Chart Gurthrey, one of my favorite dances to end an evening with because it can be done with little or no walkthrough, i's so easy to remember, and as you can see in the video, it gives LOTS of opportunity to improv

[deepimprov]

Hey in the Barn by Chart Guthrie was used by Kathryn Wedderburn and a hip hop partner for the hip hop contra at Dance Flurry a few years back. That was fun too.

[billsride09]

Love Kat and her Rock 'n Roll contras at the Flurry.

[timmay000]

after the friday night dance (midnight-ish)during the 2009 pigtown dance weekend there is a plan afoot to do something like this. although i have never done this before i love the idea of mixing up music and dance styles as well as having a dance that seems so totally dancer-centric. i weary of dancing to contras that do not flow (making it more difficult to improvise) as well as to music that is too fast, has no discernable beat or otherwise does not fit the dance. (have been dancing since '93)

[karenlynne416]

You wild Asheville dancers blew me away when I went to one of your dances while on a trip to the Smokies. I have *never* been at such a creative dance--it was great fun! --Karen from Oklahoma.

[starlet8906]

Contra dancing is so sexy... and this makes it so much hotter! Great video Forrest! <3

[washington1rving]

So I started watching the video, caught a glimpse of some faces then realized...I know * all* those people! Oh you Asheville contra dancers... : )

[forresto]

avl represented at ydw fo sho

[dansingirly]

So I dance a lot in Greenfield, but I'm over 40. Would I be allowed in to one of these? What IS the secret knock? I won't tell.

[squiggly745]

its fine, you just have to pay more

[jesscalil]

holy sheet... GREAT stuff! Nils F. at tonight's greenfield dance mentioned this, and i just had to see it for myself! This is awesome and is so on my radar... where, when does this happen?

[RevLuddite]

I've never had any desire to contra...until now. Best recruitment video ever.

[bloodytea]

haha, whatever works for you.

[huebear]

Makes you want to rip it up! Now I need to go to the City and dance...hehehehe!

[drummeritus]

Totally addicted to this thing. Can't stop watching and itching to go dancing.

[star2559]

FUN.

[ArsArtisGratia]

one of the best contra videos i've seen. i wish i had been there.

[kardboardkid]

Did they block people who were over 27 years old from getting in the door? I'd love to do that but I don't wanna get shot or arrested by the "Contra Police" while trying to enter.

[forresto]

You just gotta know the secret knock, and be able to stay up past 2 ;)

[twirlyskirts]

i'm 28 and i was in there.

[kardboardkid]

I'm more than twice as old but I still know how to boogie (and contra dance)

[darkfledgling]

very well made video, also i managed to recognize like half the dancers.

Its amazing how much sexier this video makes the dance look then if you just had the normal contra music for the video.

[forresto]

Nope, turn the sound off and the sexy is still all up in there.

[fiddlerjane1]

That is cool! I want to do that!!

[forresto]

Coming soon... to a dance fest late-night or living room near you!

[FiddlerBoy83]

whoa. never s-seen / anything like it

cheers, man, let's hope to see more of this!

[clawhammerlady]

The future of contra... we old farts bow to you.

[forresto]

And we to you as well... thanks for teaching us how much fun this stuff is!

[thecloverinred]

YEEEEEEAAAAAHH FOFO! so proud of you bruvah. you done good.