Depends on the social dance. Blues exchanges can devolve into that pretty fast. I mean, it's not actually leg-grinding, but it looks like it to a casual observer, because you're leading a lot of things with your legs.
I probably spent about three hours last night (cumulatively, it was a 7.5 hour dance) "leg grinding" with total strangers.
Very nice--smooooth--wish I could dance like that. However, improvised--I don't think so! You are on a stage performing!! Not that there is anything wrong with that, but dont call that improvised. Good job.
Well since you said " wish I could dance like that" you obviously don't have much experience with it. Blues is entirely lead and follow, so just because they're on a stage doesn't mean it's not improvised.
Actually Vanessa has a pretty extensive background in Lindy Hop, especially two years ago, it was far more primary than Blues. As to the leader his carriage and timing is much more Westie than Blues or Lindy, but that doesn't say enough to me to say one way or another...
In short don't assume someone criticizing a video is a snob. In this case JBL is certainly at least half right and more than likely mostly correct. They didn't say it was *bad* dancing.
Yeah. Cheesy, overly rehearsed performances definitely detract from the beauty of improvisational dances. I'm glad to see that the passion carries through.
damn a friend of mine from berkeley taugh me once! it was GOOD .. anyway ... if you mix it with newer music like erykah badu feat guru - plenty! it's AWESOME
It's fusion blues, usually, if it's not classic. The style of dance is the same, just the music changes. It's not traditional, but it's fusion- and most people tend to like it better than traditional. Who doesn't like a random tango step in between a counterbalance and maybe some micro at the beginning?
No it isn't fusion blues, because the music isn't blues. The dance needs to change to match the music because the rhythms, melodies, chord changes, and structure becomes something completely different. And no one can honestly say more people like "fusion" than Blues. YOU like fusion more, which is fine, but that is a very different statement.
Not to mention the rest of the world refers to this simply as dancing or freestyling. You can find it around the country in nearly every social scene.
"Contrary to popular belief, Blues Dance is not automatically about sex. It is automatically about emotion, Intense Emotion. It is very personal and intimate... Blues dancing is an intimate expression or conversation between dancers that can be personal, spiritual, and emotional in ways that verbal communication fails. When done correctly, Blues Dancing can be one of the most rewarding and indescribable experiences any level of dancer can have."
You can say the same about any social improvisational dance. None of that is unique to Blues in any way shape or form... though I would say blues and all those other socially oriented improvisational dances are not about emotional intimacy. That may be what you enjoy about it (understandable) but that isn't what the genre is about.
les "danseurs" ne savent plus s'habiller
IgnesKlaus 1 year ago
Fire the cameraman.
AlanT1717 2 years ago 15
i love the song? who is it and which song?
masreya0 2 years ago
you just don't go out social dancing-have someone (a stranger) ask you to dance, then start grinding on his leg.
distar10 2 years ago
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Depends on the social dance. Blues exchanges can devolve into that pretty fast. I mean, it's not actually leg-grinding, but it looks like it to a casual observer, because you're leading a lot of things with your legs.
I probably spent about three hours last night (cumulatively, it was a 7.5 hour dance) "leg grinding" with total strangers.
karrakis 1 year ago
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Three year old sneakers for a stage show ? That's really not sexy.
sirprenante 2 years ago
pure sex
FUCHSnELSTER 2 years ago
yeah-guess that is a possibility.
distar10 2 years ago
Very nice--smooooth--wish I could dance like that. However, improvised--I don't think so! You are on a stage performing!! Not that there is anything wrong with that, but dont call that improvised. Good job.
distar10 3 years ago
just because they are performing dont mean it not improvised
JohnRoyElite 2 years ago
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yeah-guess that is a possibility
distar10 2 years ago
Well since you said " wish I could dance like that" you obviously don't have much experience with it. Blues is entirely lead and follow, so just because they're on a stage doesn't mean it's not improvised.
Turner0587 2 years ago
More than anything I want a CD from these guys. This song is awesome and I can't find it anywhere.
Em4Tango 3 years ago
I'd say she's Lindy trained he's Westie trained and they slowed it down. Nut real blues. but nice performance sure.
Jitterbuglover 3 years ago
Snob!
TheOriginalMamaSwing 3 years ago
Actually Vanessa has a pretty extensive background in Lindy Hop, especially two years ago, it was far more primary than Blues. As to the leader his carriage and timing is much more Westie than Blues or Lindy, but that doesn't say enough to me to say one way or another...
In short don't assume someone criticizing a video is a snob. In this case JBL is certainly at least half right and more than likely mostly correct. They didn't say it was *bad* dancing.
bounce510 2 years ago
Nice. This looks like actual dancing and not so performance-y even though it may actualy have been a performance.
Tadhg64 3 years ago
Yeah. Cheesy, overly rehearsed performances definitely detract from the beauty of improvisational dances. I'm glad to see that the passion carries through.
bounce510 2 years ago
damn a friend of mine from berkeley taugh me once! it was GOOD .. anyway ... if you mix it with newer music like erykah badu feat guru - plenty! it's AWESOME
partygirlindo08 3 years ago
yeah... but it isn't blues any more.
bounce510 3 years ago 2
It's fusion blues, usually, if it's not classic. The style of dance is the same, just the music changes. It's not traditional, but it's fusion- and most people tend to like it better than traditional. Who doesn't like a random tango step in between a counterbalance and maybe some micro at the beginning?
MarginaliaMelody 3 years ago 2
No it isn't fusion blues, because the music isn't blues. The dance needs to change to match the music because the rhythms, melodies, chord changes, and structure becomes something completely different. And no one can honestly say more people like "fusion" than Blues. YOU like fusion more, which is fine, but that is a very different statement.
Not to mention the rest of the world refers to this simply as dancing or freestyling. You can find it around the country in nearly every social scene.
bounce510 3 years ago
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MarginaliaMelody 2 years ago
OH MY GOD!!!
I asked a few of my ballroom dance friends what blues was they said
"Sex with out intercourse"
And
"Stay away from it or you'll get pregnant"
But Damn I want to learn that.
steviemuncy 3 years ago 2
"Contrary to popular belief, Blues Dance is not automatically about sex. It is automatically about emotion, Intense Emotion. It is very personal and intimate... Blues dancing is an intimate expression or conversation between dancers that can be personal, spiritual, and emotional in ways that verbal communication fails. When done correctly, Blues Dancing can be one of the most rewarding and indescribable experiences any level of dancer can have."
-Alex Pfeizzer
RiKamen 3 years ago 10
You can say the same about any social improvisational dance. None of that is unique to Blues in any way shape or form... though I would say blues and all those other socially oriented improvisational dances are not about emotional intimacy. That may be what you enjoy about it (understandable) but that isn't what the genre is about.
bounce510 2 years ago
Wow, the drummer in the pit band sounds AMAZING!!!
BeijingMamaSwing 4 years ago