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Very fun lindy hop (swing dancing) clips from Australia

We all know that water drains in the opposite direction down under in Australia, but their lindy hop (swing dancing) is anything but backwards.

Check out the clip below—including teens and senior citizens—for some crazy fast footwork and awesome on-the-fly (no pun intended) fun moves.

Incidentally, Google Video now lets you rate, tag, and comment on videos. Nice!

And hey, interested in seeing some other fun clips and learning a bit more about this lindy hop thing?

Some great info resources

- The wikipedia entry on lindy hop.
- The world’s biggest swing dance forum, Yehoodi.
- More Lindy Hop videos on Google Video and You Tube.
- My humble Lindy Hop Whiteboard Supreme (wiki).

And some other fun video clips I just uploaded

Remember, none of this is rehearsed or pre-choreographed… it’s all spontaneously danced with input from the music and each others’ partner!
1) Playful style!
2) Ooooo bluesy!
3) More bluesy fun
4) Another entertaining group
5) Noni and partner have fun showing off :D

About these clips

They were filmed with my old Canon SD550, with me (sadly) sitting in the back row of a big theatre. That explains some of the shakiness and graininess… but still, not bad for a little pocket camera AND a guy who just flew across the world a few hours prior to the show

As always, your comments are welcome!

Do you have any questions about lindy hop?
What did you think of these clips?

- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, July 1, 2006 at 21:43 [ Permalink | Trackback ]
- Filed under Dancing • Lindy hop
- Commented on by 4 folks so far. Scroll down and see for yourself (and join in the conversation!)

Comment from member Swish Sydney, Australia [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Hey, that video isn’t that bad at all. Considering your distance and tiredness, it’s pretty cool that I can still recognise particular dancers. And I wasn’t even there! - Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at 0:15 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member flathead [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Whoah, seems like it takes ages to train half of that, but the people look in the vids to have such a great and natural fun. Hope to get into place with such great ppl and lovely musik one day. - Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 10:27 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from freelancechic england [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	can anyone tell me the difference between lindyhop and swing dance pls? - Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 14:31 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Penguin Canada [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Lindy Hop (a dance originating in the 1920’s in Harlem and generally danced to swing jazz) is a type of swing dance. Other popular dances that are given the swing moniker include: East Coast Swing West Coast Swing Balboa Shag Charleston Other dances that could fall under the umbrella (whether they are swing or not is a matter of debate) are Rock n’ Roll (very popular in Australia, particularly amoungst older dancers) and Blues Dancing (an often slow highly improvised and very sensual dance, which is very popular amoungst lindy hoppers). - Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 0:34 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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