The Jiving Lindy Hoppers

amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!!!!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• lindy
• hop

[timboswingdancer]

brilliant just brilliant, and so much better than this really slow lindy everyone seems to be doing at the moment!!!!

[chazmcgaz]

Ceroc/Leroc is okay for beginners. I started on ceroc moves and then realised that lindy was the way forward: better footwork, more style, better to watch, more groove, more authentic....

When done well Ceroc still looks static and clumsy compared to good lindy hoppers.

Warren, Russell, Delores et al where are they now?

[chazmcgaz]

I second videomuppet.

The jivin lindy hoppers are brilliant! and are probably responsible for reviving lindy in the uk. It seems Warren taught Simon Selmon, probably the most popular teacher in london...

Their sign off performance at bestival 2006 brought tears of joy to our eyes...and since we try to catch them at the festivals, shows, classes whenever possible. i wish they got to london more often....

[UberObsessed]

AMAZING. My grandma told me she and my grandpa used to jive to In the Mood. People would put money in the jukebox just to watch them dance, they were really good^^

[harvey1954]

Lindyhopping is the closest humans can get to actually flying without any mechanical devices.

[mandy94]

is this jiving?

[grannymagnet]

oh my days no way! the first woman on is my dance teacher!

[Czerniakowska]

What I said (and it was in relation to other Lindy clips, not this one) was that it was the actions of the dancers that I found grotesque, not the dancers themselves. I do try not to be rude on a personal level. However, I can't see how I could personally offend a dance. There's no point in my saying I dislike something without explaining why. Because I find the actions of Lindy dancers often grotesque, that's the reason why I dislike the dance. I also dislike celery, but not celery eaters.

[videomuppet]

Czerniakowska - I have no problem with your likes or dislikes - just with the way you express them.

It is actually possible to say that you don't like something *without* being rude about it.

[Czerniakowska]

The point of roots, of course, being to remain unseen. As I thought I'd long ago made clear, I like this troupe's routine and the ladies' actions here don't appear unduly unsightly. On very many clips featuring the Lindy Hop, however, the actions of the ladies are grotesque. Still, each to his own. Even female wart hogs must look attractive to males of their species. You know, I am actually entitled to dislike something and to state that fact (aren't I ?).