Hellzapoppin' to "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

[ABRBThierryHenry14]

This dancing and music is way better than the stupid dancing and music we have today. 

[oooooMOEooooo]

looks fun 2 me!! i don´t know why people dislike?!?!?!!?

[rutgersmike]

this is unreal. Not to mention.. amazing, cool, fresh, exciting. Thanks for putting this up

[zoep995]

Nope Jitterbug is the simplest of all types of swing. It's a 6 count dance and you'll often find older couples doing it because it's so low energy. This is Lindyhop which is classified by it's iconic "swingouts". Being dancing Lindy for quite awhile now myself and worship Frankie Manning, the best Lindyhopper there ever was!

[7roach]

@zoep995 don't tell the original jitterbugs they were low energy. They'd show us all up on the dance floor. Check out "Groovie Movie" (1944) for starters. Watch out for all the jitterbug that's not just 6-count too =) Btw, the Groovie Movie jitterbugs in LA were inspired by these Whitey's Lindyhoppers from Harlem, NY.

[xzeen69x]

0:38 lmao!!

[cuntrag4]

Surprised that they show so much leg and even a lil cheek, I thought stuff like that was blasphemous back then. Either way the dancing is amazing.

[itzpms]

can't dance like that to rap.

[gsonic55]

*cues white people* *black people leave*

[xsubst]

@thelivingpoet Seriously? Have you tried reading the description or looking at the title? ;)

[GlookRUS]

5 sec before "Hey, Obama win ! "

[thomcat2415]

THIS IS FAWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[creaper4231]

geezus!

[arcoeid]

good video, excellent!!

[DasHinchen]

Dance like a BOSS!

[MrPetoni]

Fantastic Wrestling to music ! ! - Love it A LOT !!! :o) 

[USAFDeathFromAbove]

Damn some straight luchador type shit lol

[lindybunny]

thanks for posting this video and adding that frankie quote... i knew that the routine was originally choreographed to jumpin at the woodside but i didn't know why it wasn't used in the film... interesting! :) i'll have to (finally) read that book! :)

[Hugh983]

This is great Jitter bug but I think that guy just Dropped that chic

[Blkbanjoman]

I love how black people dance!!!! Ain't nothin' changed...(except that I would love us to bring back live music!)

[flakeyF00nt]

of course, the film is a little sped up ;)

but the music recording isn't!

[airy3que]

@flakeyF00nt Actually it's the other way around. The film is normal speed, but the music is sped up. You can find youtubes of the dance scene as it appeared in the film originally and you'll see it's the same tempo. Also you can search for youtubes of the original song--and you'll hear it's much slower and a lower key.

[flakeyF00nt]

@airy3que the film is sped up for sure, you can see it clearly in several moments, but it's most clear at 2;17 when the audience claps their hands!

[airy3que]

@flakeyF00nt At 1:17, that's jazz hands. It's not that hard to shake your hands that fast. The video is not sped up at all. From the youtube home page, add this: watch?v=R0BHxhUnokU and you'll see the original scene, at exactly the same speed, which is the speed they danced it at, back then. And here's the original scene, cut with people recreating the scene on stage in 2009: watch?v=OZsjDZlQKIM. Another shot of the recreation: watch?v=JkrvQIiIB4Y. And the orig. song: watch?v=-Iq2N0ZsRo0

[flakeyF00nt]

@airy3que hahaha thank you so much for those awesome links brother! this scene sure becomes even more magic with the count basie music playing! I loved to see the original scene and loved to see the modern recreation as well!

[flakeyF00nt]

the old ones had some much LIFE in them!

[62holden]

What amazing athletes! Wish I had this energy.

[MitchellPeterson88]

somebody had a little too much to drink at 1:06...

[haydenelrics]

Press 5 to teach Chuck Norris how to spin kick!

[Sparx1]

One wrong move could have sent everyone to the hospital XD

[1nightstorm]

This has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen! Many thanks for sharing and a hats off to you. Best & cheers...

[weswelkerfan1234]

haha keep pressing 5!! XD

[decadedamaddimperial]

That combination at 1:27 was sick!!

[mdhbigdog]

Me and my girlfriend dance like this all the time, except on Sundays.

[gabriel1989tanger]

that's the really art of the body... danse !

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatoid! Great music & dancing! If the Count & his band were any cooler, they'd have been frozen!  THANKS for posting this awesome video! What a super groovy way to start a New Year! And may ALL your wishes & dreams come true in the New Year! :-)

[DrFunkenstein666]

oh shit its the white people!

cheese it!!

[MCGEHEE1]

Incredible

[brian4858]

Just awesome........I could watch these all day.

[orlando68725]

Genial!!!

[Fluffski2006]

looks like rythmic judo!! 0-o good tune tho..

[x0xqueendivax0x]

wow,,, this is making me TIRED just watchin it!!! i need a glass of water!!

[lcs1956]

Swing music made your feet do this.

[jilante]

WOW...nothing more needs to be said!

[daroemer]

AMAZING! How do they do it?! I'm in The Louisville Leopard Percussionists, and we play this song. We can't dance to it....but we can play it ALMOST as fast as them!

[jumbobrain]

DANG. I pity the society that thought such incredibly talented dancers had to be dressed like servants to be in a Hollywood movie.

[notasharecropper]

uplifting....I watch this at least twice a day...I like the part when the white men applaud because we all know how blacks were treated back then!!!!!

[notasharecropper]

awesome!!...when did this style of dancing fade out?

[xsubst]

@notasharecropper Lindy Hop faded out around late 40s. Right now it is experiencing a revival. :)

[Fillistar]

@xsubst whats the diff between Lindy Hop and Swing?

[xsubst]

@Fillistar Lindy Hop is a kind of Swing dance. As well as Balboa, East Coast Swing, Shag and others

[airy3que]

@Fillistar Lindy Hop is the grand-daddy of all swing dances. East Coast, West Coast, etc all come from Lindy Hop.

[bboyFelix042]

@Fillistar lindy hop is awesome :)

[DjFunky1000]

@notasharecropper It hasn´t faded!? I dance it myself and it´s very popular in europe :)

[paliki2]

@notasharecropper

no clue but i sure as hell can tell you why: too many people broke their backs!

[7roach]

@notasharecropper it faded out when bepop and the twist became popular.

[caroljm36]

That IS awfully fast for that song, which was fast in the original recording.

[GumboRon]

The filming process used back then was that they danced sort of in slow motion and then the film editor would speed the film up so that it looked like they were dancing much faster. They also used invisible lines on the women for all the jump moves. Very good performance even using these film tricks tho.

[xsubst]

@GumboRon Sorry, you are totally wrong here. These dance scenes are in real time and jump moves are real.

[airy3que]

@GumboRon Yup, entirely wrong. They danced that fast, and there were no lines at all.

[Prometevsberg]

I kategorien livlig dans..

[lockTJ]

what kind of dance is it??

[Prometevsberg]

@lockTJ lindy hop

[EternalOwn]

Imagine if this was how high school dances were these days. Epic.

[airy3que]

@EternalOwn All the air steps are performance steps. You wouldn't expect to see those being danced on the social dance floor, except in the jam circles and in the Cat's Corner.

[dixiejazz1]

WOW! I am amazed at not only the skill these dancers displayed, but the sheer energy it must have taken to dance as they did. I wonderful how many professional athletes could match the superb physical shape these dancers had to have been in to perform like this. This is a terrific video - many thanks for posting! DMM

[JordanTBoehm]

The Devil's music! AHH!!

[aarfeld]

Wow! Some of the finest displays of Jitter Buggin' I've ever seen.

[xsubst]

@aarfeld Well these are one of the finest Jitterbugs of all time :-)

[zoep995]

@aarfeld Thats not Jitterbug, it's Lindy hop!

[aarfeld]

@zoep995: Aren't the two terms essentially synonymous? At any rate, that's some of the finest dancing I've ever seen. I think the youngsters dancing were some of the star dancers from the Savoy Ballroom, who were brought out west to appear in this film.

[PTE1110]

@zoep995 It's not the Lindy Hop either. It's Swing

[guitarhero380]

I tried doing this in my school cafeteria and I just ended up looking like a jackass

[iamK1CKST4RT]

@guitarhero380 We here support you, though.

[kmatthews47]

thank you, thank you, thank you from my cubicle.

[thedoowopcorner]

I come back every week to watch this video. This shits all over 'So you think you can dance'.

[bjtaustin]

My mother and dad danced the lindy hop in their youth. Mom's dog was even named Lindy ( after Lindberg, of course). Recreational dancing was what young people did with their energy... no cars, no tv. They rolled up rugs and put on the record player. No wonder they were in better shape than most of the kids today. Father-in-law still dances to the big bands in his 90's. Notice that these ladies are tall and strong. I am so envious of their youth and energy. Thanks for this video.

[toobyu2859]

I like when the women throw the guys over their back.

[jennimpeal]

It's crazy seeing these gifted dances dressed up as domestics because that's how white audiences would accept them in a movie. I could cry. But why cry when you can laugh? After all, we've made it this far and don't need to go back.

About black and white, JMP

[john5o]

Fantastic !

[CecilTheSeaMonster]

Dem colored folks sho' looks happy!

[cinnamonbrandylite]

funny that - how the people with the enormous pram look so bored, and the people getting to know each other still having fun - as long as pram-types not looking...

(shhhhhh!)

h.

[samcooke2000]

What does that all mean? What's pram?

[cinnamonbrandylite]

sorry - 'pram' is slang for the kind of wealth that lets you sit in the audience being bored while other people have fun on your behalf.

I think when I posted the comment, I was also watching Josephine Baker dance with all those yawning girls in the background...

and then the CecilTheSeaMonster comment was the final trigger.

Hope that doesn't just make it more confusing...

Helen

[bundtcak]

They are actually taking turns watching and spotting each other in case someone falls.

[xkillercupcakex]

LMAO

[IJavDanProductionsI]

holy crap

[nefashu2]

the exact words I said.

[22300179arturo]

yeah !!!

[TorgosMaster]

Great work!

I was wondering how long this "Jumpin' at the Woodside" track originally was, and how much you had to speed it up to get it to match? There are a number of different versions and arrangements from that era, and I've found one version that seems to be just about fast enough. After all, they probably expected to keep the music at the same tempo if it was to be used in the film.

[bundtcak]

Although it was choreographed to this song the producers went with a less expensive alternative.

[xsubst]

@TorgosMaster Thanks! I used the most "common" version: 3:08 (around 240 BPM). So I had to speed it up a lot -- it was around 1.3 times slower. Unfortunatelly I don't really know what version did they use in the first place. Can you name the one you've found?

[TorgosMaster]

@xsubst My mistake - it seems I was in error - the faster/shorter song I have is a different song, mistitled on the CD (I wondered why it sounded so radically different!). I have yet to find one that's close to the same length. This is an interesting question though...

[ninja1dalbem]

0:38 that's an interesting kind of blowjob (ok that wasn't necessary)

[ohforcertain]

lmao XD

[Windextree]

amazing performance!

[JordiG33]

Now lets see if Soulja Boy can dance like this!

[kgh4175]

screw racism those guys can dance and that is awsome to see ill bet no one can dance like that now

[trytryagain123]

I am especially impressed by how tight they are at the end when they are all dancing together. In the beginning it feels so loose, with body parts flying every direction so it felt unchoreographed to me. I don't know anything about dance, but this is amazing. And I love the song at that tempo. Wow.

[string709]

Who can possibly dance like this.

[rc1260]

omg we played an arranged version of this at my school.. this is just plain amazing. I LOVE JAZZ

[ppie1970]

hey to all those who dont like what i said hey times too

[vtorres1983]

That was amazing! They should try this on Dancing With the Stars...what a boring show that is.

[headsinger]

Right... to do that they'd have to learn a swingout/lindy basic... that'll be a cold day in hell....

[inkink911]

shit. awesome dance.

[bicheamo]

Is that Swing or New Orleans ??!!

[austrianfunkhunter]

@bicheamo Swing. Definitely.

[TomSchultz10]

RIP Frankie Manning. Your legacy will live on and inspire others forever.

[ChiTown7721]

I swear I can't watch ONE FUCKING YOU TUBE VIDEO without some black militant bitching about racism. I love the way you make racist comments in your post and then bitch and scream bloody murder when people make racist comments about you. But I forgot, only white people are racist. Just like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton with their anti-Jewish comments, yet at the same time they constantly bitch about racism directed at their culture. So fucking hypocritical.

[ChiTown7721]

BTW ppie1970, I love the way you make racist comments about white people while biching about racism against black people at the same time. You know what? Don't dish it if you can't take it!

[garzaeduardo]

come on,you can come up with something better than "you still can't dance"!but all hail count basie!

[swinglim]

Thank you so much for this. This really makes sense. now we see Frankie's awesome choreo (and dancing) in it's perfect, musical, breathtaking glory. ( i love 1:22) I miss you Frankie.

[secretplans]

wow, thanks for setting this choreography to its original song! the musicality really pops out-- it's such a better fit.

[thegroupharmonyalley]

These people have fire in them, the likes of which is unknown in the dance circles I see around today. They sure can MOVE. Crazy!

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[xavier3961]

dancers sorry!!!!!!

[xavier3961]

some of those dances look like they were in the Marx Bros. "A day at the races" when they were hiding in the barn.

[samcooke2000]

You're right. It's the same crew.

[Druidly]

How do these people not hurt eachother!? there're getting flung everywhere lol -luv the song

[rappofcafu]

Two words for you: "Lindy Hop".

[blueicefairy11]

wow!!!! it seems almost aggressive uh?,,,it lokks as if they are fighting!! hahah soooo cool!!! and sooo talented!!

[tjc197]

Why is it so sped up and why does everything sound so "pipsqueak"? I don't like it.

[xsubst]

The music was speeded up to match the original movie tempo. :)

[theemperorsclothes]

Fabulous!

[Keezie27]

Incredible! Thank you for posting this wonderful video, such talent

[0o0WhenItRains0o0]

was this sped up???? it's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[blinko656]

i read your more info. What are you doing in Russia? I sent you the above video - a little different but fun...

[kevinherbert]

Incredible...such expression...

[adamvonwillis]

Love it!

[DanielKeithMorrison]

THAT is better than todays lindy hoppin. Amazing!

[LECLARA]

Ya See Youngsters,

Ain't Nothing New Under The Sun,

It's been done before

Y'all just re-wrote the script! (Tee Hee)

[claiborneray]

This fits so much better to the choreography than the music in the movie, which the producers plugged in because they were too cheap to pay Basie the royalties to use his hit. It is almost unbelievable that the dancers and choreographer perfected this style of dancing when they were barely teenagers, and practically amateurs at that. I am so glad that Frankie Manning and some of the others lived to see it become famous again.

[mochawitch]

This is DA BOMB! when my mom told me this was how they danced in her day I didn't believe her at first, that is until I started seeing footage like THIS..WOW!!!!!

[davidschlachter1]

I totally wish I could do these moves, or even dance so smoothly at that speed, for starters!

[MonardaManiac]

There is no smooth at that speed, that's the fun of it!!

[00kaza00]

this is incredibleeeeeeeeee. WOW!!! she even picks up the man at 1:20. WOW amazing. i have never seen such swing moves even today. this is wonderful. i see it is best to learn from the best and the originals.

[frepi]

INCREDIBLE...These guys make breakdance look like menuet....

[brian4dotcom]

Incredible agility and choreography.

[whupass95]

Sensational!

[mgabay279]

I love it. it makes me feel as if it was yesterday.

From "Mickey's" daughter.

[talladegacav]

I can relate to jumpin'

[7roach]

Aaah! Now we can easily see where the Rhythm Hot Shots got their inspiration... I'll have to re-upload that 1992 Can't Top the Lindy Hop video if no one else has it on youtube. When it's up, check out the phrasing of the choreography and compare it here.

[7roach]

Uploaded that 1994 Can't Top the Lindy Hop clip with RHS finally. Check it out =)

[leicafool]

and GENE GENE THE DANCING MACHINE from The Gong Show

[nadjav28]

Wonderful!! Thank you!

[erinregina]

Bless you! That is frickin AWESOME!!!

[GemZombie]

Nice!

[aklamo]

Thank you. That is rad.

[videomuppet]

Nicely done - interesting contrast too.

[swingittrev]

Awesome!

[MeisterSerg]

Outstanding!

[swinginglance]

Super!