Jazz Dance Film Fest: Why We Dance

This was an entry to the third annual Jazz Dance Film Fest contest (formerly known as the "Swing/Jazz Dance Music Video Contest").

Description: This video highlights the reasons people dance, from Athens, Greece to San Francisco, California. Quotes from dancers are shown between clips of lindy hop and swing dancers social dancing, competing and performing in various cities and venues, mostly on the West coast of the US. Cheryl Crow is the creator of this video :-)

Music: Soloman Douglas Swingtet: "Big Apple Contest" and "Shiny Stockings"

Participants: In order of appearance: Mary Woodruff Cheryl Crow Freddie Dickenson Brian Gish Natalie Bangs christine nguyen Ellen Lind Karl Lind Joshua Welter Darla Weiderman Chris Chapman Lorraine O'Neal Travis Whetman Sarah Harrison Priya Chandrasekaran Janet Lai Anna Black Adrienne Mueller Andrea Waybright Manu Smith Lauren Kaydal Anthony R Gault Tomo and James Justin Hill Kara Noyes Jason Hughes Dan Newsome Kelli Wilkerson Olivia Taylor Julie Tsi Gilles Bouvier Audrey Kamemoto Ryan Calloway Alex Fernandez Jessica King Ann Mony Allen Kerr Michael Darigol Adam Boehmer Jovon Miller Andy Reid Bobby Bonsey Glenn Crytzer Michael Faltesek Casey McGill Kyrie Timbrook Melissa Goldberg Byron Stuart Eva Robinson Paul Echevarria HepJen DJ Naomi Gabe Takacs Adrienne Mueller Margot Helm Richard Perkins Trevor Gattis Lilly Su Madeline Hopkins Celeste Olds Jason Shroeder Eliza Brown Trevor Gabe Rowe Lori Taniguchi Shelley Hou Carolyn Palma Katie O'Neill Kevin Buster Chris Stroop Tamara Armishev Karen Murphy & Eric Eltringham Shannon Stabbert Calico Goodrich Athens, Greece Lindy hop dancers, video courtesy of alex palamidis Jason Baggett Lucy Winter Baggett (4 years old!) Alicia Padvorac Pinar Ericyas Bailey Jenine Lillian Manu Smith Nicole Frydman

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Why
• We
• Dance
• Jazz
• Lindy
• Hop

[Scramblr27]

Still smilin' :)

[jumpjojo]

wonderfully done! leaves me smiling and wanting to dance :)

[jeninelillian]

Thank you, Cheryl. <3

[airamkw]

Go Cheryl!

[almechen]

great video, I love it!!!

Alex from Athens Lindy Hop (the Swing dancing team in Athens, Greece featured in the video)