Ska-Swing!

In which our clod-hopping presenter demonstrates that Lindy hop skills can be used to dance to ska music, once one has mastered the art of putting the emphasis on the UP and not the DOWN.

Main piece of music used: "Riffin' with the Griffin" by the Jools Holland Orchestra.

I have been teaching ska dance (as opposed to this ska-swing fusion) at the Herrang dance camp for quite a few years now. Perhaps I should stop.

It has been pointed out to me quite rightly that my tie in this video is too wide to be a true two-tone ska tie. My apologies. At least it was black and white.

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Category:

Howto & Style

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• ska
• swing
• dance
• lloyd
• nikolas
• music
• lindy
• hop
• herrang
• partner
• off
• beat
• two
• tone
• madness
• specials
• selecter

[sadikvamp]

ya decia yo que bailar lindy hop no solo serviria para el swing (:

[lindybeige]

@sadikvamp Hmm... in one translator this comes out as "at once she decides I which dance lovely hop not only ladle out in order to el swing". Another gave me: "ya decia yo what dance beautiful hop into the soil serve about to el swing".

Either way, er... sorry?

[camiloado]

Que chido es el SKA swing !!!

[lindybeige]

@camiloado I'm sure you're right.

[misapeton]

la verdad bailan bien kabron!!!!!!!! yo kiero aprender a bailar asi pa bailar kon mi lady !!! XD

[lindybeige]

Well, that's easy for YOU to say...

[absoluteAly]

dude, i hope your kind never dies..

[monstercaroline]

this is epic, and i love it.

i love skanking. and i love swing...

what in the world could be better?

[lindybeige]

@nivenheim I think that's how ska music started - a trumpeter with the hiccups.

[sadikvamp]

@lindybeige what i mean was, i knew that dancing lindy hop is not only useful for swing music (:

[onhell]

Very cool !!

[aikilimpan]

Swank

[winneratlife]

this guy makes ska looks so gay

[SparkySharp69]

kinda neat concept really!!