St. Louis Shag

John Bedrosian gives a (slow) demonstration of St. Louis Shag. To distinguish shag from Charleston pay particular attention to the triple-steps in the basic. Also watch for the distinctive Shag breakaway, and the insertion of half-breaks into John's dancing.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• St.
• Louis
• Shag
• StlShag
• John
• Bedrosian
• Swing
• Dance
• Jitterbug
• Lindy
• Hop
• Charleston
• dancehistory

[Caldonias]

@iamloved Thanks - I did finally get in touch with John. You're right a great guy, super helpful and a great chap all round. I can see why you folks in St. Louis love him so much. A true Swing-King!

[iamlovedbysomeone]

@andyclark556 You should totally contact him, I bet he would love it. He's such a doll, I absolutely love him. And he's such a phenomenal dancer as well, never stops moving and knows everything there is to know about swing dancing.

[judycanar]

thats the 'Jitterbug'....!!!!

[gethotkeepmovin]

i've talked to john about these videos and he told me that because he was dancing with people new to the dance, he wasn't dancing to hard. i'm glad these videos are up, because there is nothing else for St. Louis Shag, but keep in mind that they don't fully represent this dance or John's capabilities.

[PeppermintSweetheart]

i love shag! ive aways wantted to learn since i seen the movie shag around the end where that one girl and that boy enters in the shag contest when i saw then dance i was like =O wow!!!!!! i wanna do that so yeah well BRAVO!!!