2005 National Jitterbug Championships Showcase FOOTLOOSE

Ben and Sheri Yau at the 2005 National Jitterbug Championships Showcase division. Dancing to Footloose

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[Worrell057]

Certainly the dancing this young couple does is fine, but I can't help but think the whole thing would have been so much better had they dressed appropiately. Jitterbug or Lindy dancing simply comes off better, in my opinion, with the lady in a skirt or dress and not in jeans and tennis shoes, and the young man likewise wearing something decent looking.

[benyau213]

interesting comment - i would agree usually about "Appropriate dress" .. my reply is that whenever we choreograph routines we always get into character, in this case the characters were inspired by Footloose and thus the jeans, etc. Check out our other routines and you'll see our costumes are always based on the characters we are portraying. Thank you for your comment, it's interesting to hear how people view the routines as a whole and good to know this for future reference!

[00Avalanche00]

wow they are just amazing, i wish i could do half those moves XP

[jediprice70]

@benyau213 Really nice dancing, good quality and well done! As for the comment on the outfits, you can see my response to that in my reply to the original poster. Thanks for sharing. :)

[jediprice70]

@Worrell057 The outfits are chosen to help make the dance as a whole, a certain type of performance. If you're doing a theme, then your outfits have to match the theme. For examples of this watch DWTS, there are tons of dance pros, choreographers, producers and costumers working on that show. The outfits...good or bad...always match the theme of the night, or the theme of the song or performance. These outfits don't look classy, but that's because they are trying to convey a midwest teen couple.

[gumper1986]

Wow, I bet he got LAID that night....

And the next day went back to his job at Wendy's.

[xyellowspadesx]

Of course they're Asian...

[TomtiTycoon]

@Velox415 I think their just trying yo emphazie the lyrics of the song for those few seconds, 'spin her around...' 'feet off the ground...'

[Velox415]

Okay so, first time seeing this, and most of it's pretty cool, but what's with the woman just being tossed around like nothing more than a rag dolls at times? eg 1:50 - 1:57 he just grabs her and spins her. Is it supposed to be like that, the style or something?

[Keallei]

Wow that was good

[aKaBabyJesus]

@00Avalanche00 I wish I could do one.

[pianogirl2189]

This is a wonderful combination of talent, hard work, and GREAT energy! It's obvious that you're both immensely enjoying yourselves, and that's what really makes the performance. Your smiles make me smile. :)

[dfmarie07]

YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING! Everyone knows that was rock, but thats not the important part, WONDERFUL job dancing!!! classic rock w/ 40's dancing, lol. right on!