Lucky and Brenda blues dance

[TheDancingBrenda]

There are some Blues elements at times in the embrace, body movement, and mostly in the call response. We aren't really connecting with the song, as we are trying to connect with one another, mimicking and playing with movement together. If I could change the title I would have years ago, but then I would have never posted it in the first place and some people have clearly enjoyed it, so I suppose it's for the best.

[TheDancingBrenda]

This was the first day I met Lucky Skillen. After a lesson Mihai asked to record us dancing a song. This is a beautiful tradition Blues song, however we are clearly dancing Fusion. You all picked up on the Lindy, WCS, Salsa, Tango aspects of our interaction. We were dancing the patterns we found in common to connect to each other with. It is very explorative and I never expected 45,000 people to see it. It was not meant to be a performance or an example of what Blues is

[kalaysa]

Still the best blues dancing video I've seen on youtube.

[edmalloy]

If anyone is still wondering about the tune, it's Souvenirs of New Orleans by Sydney Bechet, Bechet was a truly amazing person. A classically trained musician who made the choice to stop reading music!

[kendrat199]

they're having so much fun and that's what blues is all about-that and connection, which they also have. I love <3 this!

-kendra <3

[ApplePie2luv]

What song is this?

[justinhaaheim]

Bad ass and beautiful. Double like.

[tasrajwani]

This is awesome, one of the better blues dance videos I've seen on the internet. I hope you post more of this stuff and that you keep dancing. You are both great dancers!:)

[Coreene22]

they have good rhythm and it looks like they added different styles too

[aclifton777]

Does anyone know what music this is? Its sensational! Sounds like it could be Louis Armstrong, but I really don't know...

[BrittBonshor]

What sing is this?

[aqpFiorella]

you guys are real good !!

[lovemyneighbortotoro]

what music is that? it's fantastic!

[BrittBonshor]

That was GREAT! and soo cute dancing together the first time lol and then after they are all awkward and embarrassed.. but holy nice dancing.

[luvureally]

white people have to categorize everything, put it in a box and make it look as clinical as cleaning teeth. The originators, black folks, just danced to a groove. 80 years later, whites have made something so sexy and natural look like dancing to numbers.

[handbellkid]

frankly honey, it looks more natural than west coast swing, cha-cha, or salsa, it doesn't have as definitive beats and steps as those dances do

[obiaboy]

"more natural" ?!?!?!? Are you kidding me?! What I am seeing here looks like some theater production. Don't get me wrong, I have done the blues, and know quite a few ladies that are extroardinary at it... but this dance, just like any other where you would like to dance with say.... someone else, you WILL establish some rhythm or beat to stick to. Also, like another post below, I couldn't help notice all the argentine tango in this number.

[RiKamen]

It says up there that this was their first time dancing together.

[knsdesigner]

Hmm, sounds more like you're a jealous and angry person... - it looks great and very sexy!

[luvureally]

i dance better with busted kneecaps.

[karrakis]

So put up a vid, or shut up, son.

Living-room fusion doesn't get much better than this without charging for it.

[luvureally]

Growing up in a working class Black family anytime between 30s-70s, on Friday & Saturday nights you were privy to true and authentic blues/r&b/soul dancing by your parents and their friends. not this fad of the week production.

[karrakis]

I see some irony here. You're accusing "white people" of making blues "by the numbers," but your chief complaint is that the people in this video are "doing it wrong."

In order for someone to be "doing it wrong" there needs to be a way to do it "right" and if there's a way to do it "right" then you've got a by-the-numbers chart of your own.

Also, I don't think you watched this vid to the end. They loosen up a lot in the final minutes.

[luvureally]

my point, if they knew what they were doing and feeling it, they wouldn't have to wait until the end to "loosen" up.

[karrakis]

See, but that's bull.

[shaugran]

Beautiful dancing.

[rainslider]

This is awesome! It looks so much like argentine tango to me but with a different sensibility of movement.

[karrakis]

aye, there's a touch of Lindy in it too. Blues has a way of absorbing other dance styles.

[nyfael]

Very, very true. It can be made to incorporate just about any style.

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[iyatiku15]

oooooohhhh lets get it on.....lol

[tangolaw]

Looks like a lot of fun. Uses a combination of tango and swing moves.

[blazehon]

Hmmmm, this is beautiful!

[crash0612]

I love blues dancing!, swing, lindy n latin too. The end made me giggle, I love it. After the song ends they both went back to the social personal bubble space mode, the overwhelmingly cultural appropriateness n rules. I love how blues dancing's all about intensity emotions and interaction with the body, how all that escapes the rules and boundaries. Then at the end (it's funny I've done this dozens of times) after an exotic dip you draw back and look like school kids again. ha ha

[RiKamen]

I know, after their done, their like "guess we're done back to normal life!"

But I must admit that I find this a good thing, because otherwise the dancing would be a bit scary.

[billywig26]

yay blues!!!

[snikkerz]

sexy stuff

[cibomatto47]

Agreed on both comments. Blues is fantastic and if there were a video to recruit into the blues scene, this would definately contribute.

[lisabu79]

wow. this is excellent. finally a sexy blues dance on youtube. i've been looking for one to show possible recruits into the blues scene and this is it.

[Tenderness6]

Sidney Bechet rules! He became very famous in the fifties in Hot Club de France. He was a remarkable and gifted soprano sax player as you can hear.

[Mjjones54]

His music is a beautiful thing, indeed! I don't suppose you know the name of this particular tune? I've searched in vain for many months now.

[Tenderness6]

Hi,

I suggest you write to the dansers themselves. I played several Bechet tunes in the past but I wasn't familiar with this one either.

Hope you will succeed in finding the name of this particular tune.

Friedrich from the Netherlands