Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown 2006 - Liberation Division. Lindy Hop at it's best!!! East Coast Swing Dancers and West Coast Swing Dancers, eat your heart out!
I'm a 58 year old, 203 pound wood carver with two left feet and this is my absolute favourite. How I wish that I could dance when I was nineteen... I'd a done this; what a way to celebrate being alive.
trinifilmmaker While in the 1950s, there were people doing this dance (see films Don't Knock the Rock and Untamed Youth), the swing era took place in the 1930s and 1940s.
Um this is from 2006. Swing dancing is bigger than ever. You can find it in every major city in the US and Europe and places around the world. If you want to do this, you can, just google "Lindy Hop" and your city/state.
Trevor Simko i'm pretty sure the parents of the white kids doing this style of dance didn't think it was "classy" at the time. You do realize it was created by African Americans the perception that you have about Anaconda is probably the same perception they had about this type of dancing and music.
Swing dancing should most definitely make a comeback. It's so much better than hip hop and anyone can do it as long as they have a LOT of energy and aren't overly clumsy
It already has, in fact, the swing comeback has lasted longer than the original swing era. Just google "lindy hop" and your city/state and you should be able to find something in your area. There are swing dance events going on around the world every weekend.
Not only is the dancing of the competitors in this video amazing, but I LOVE how the crowd is clapping and screaming thru the entire thing. The all around energy of every aspect of this moment captured is incredible and thanks to whoever shared it! The dancing is amazing; off the hook! They are going so fast! I guess it's aptly titled, it's called fast dancing, isn't it?
Amazing!! Brilliant 110% dancing from all competitors. I went to my first swing dance, not lindy, last Friday in a cinema in east London, best night out in years, danced with beautiful girls all night and got a date. You all know what to do...........go dancing. Dave
I just watched a buzzfeed video and a girl said she did swing dance and I had no idea what that was so I searched it up and clicked on the first video I saw lol
lindyhop411 What other kinds of swing are there? Could you tell me some? It seems realy interesting. The music and the way they dance realy get's you going
TheMelopeus Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, St Louis Shag, Carolina Shag, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Boogie Woogie, DC Hand Dancing... Those are the bigger ones.
+heather Ellis god when I see this Im like wow, that looks awesome, it looks like a whole lotta fun but u gotta know what ur doin to start with I bet the first couple won, they were really good
Actually, if you want to do this dance, you live in the best time! Lindy Hop is more popular than ever, and the "swing revival" era has lasted longer than the original swing era. Right now you can find swing dance scenes in every major city in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia!
this is a very ambiguous question but what is the approximate length of time it takes to get used to swing dancing? i dont expect an very accurate answer since there are sooo many factors. thanks
Depends what you mean by comfortable, but for a lead, if you go take a class and start going to dances, I'd say you can feel comfortable and be having fun on the dance floor in a couple of months.
My wife and I started dancing in January, after about 4-6 months we were comfortable dancing together at social dances. Dancing with other people is a bit different, it all depends how confident you are I suppose, but now I am comfortable dancing with anyone in our dance classes at social dances and don't mind dancing with strangers, as long as they love dancing and are happy dancing with someone with a little less experience, I'm good with it. Actually, most people are happy to dance with someone else no matter what experience you have, as long as YOU are enjoying it :)
I'm learning how to swing dance in Phys Ed. Nothing this complicated, obviously, but the choreography were doing is still really cool. We're doing it to "sing sing sing" and it's really fun.
+lindyhop411 That's not true. There's more to swing than just the Lindy Hop. I mean, the Lindy Hop is probably the coolest style of swing, but to say that you aren't learning swing if you aren't learning Lindy Hop is a lie.
One of the swing dancers in the Safe & Sound video is also in this video. The whole bboy battle format comes from tap dancing, which Lindy Hop (swing dancing) also gets it's inspiration from. Thanks for the respect. If you want to see something that will blow you away, look up the dance scene from the movie Hellzapoppin (1941) and you'll see where we get our inspiration from. :-)
I just couldn't stop smiling through the entire video! It's refreshing to see that in modern times, young people are getting together, socializing this way, so excited, keeping Swing alive and well. Wish I had something like that to go to in my town. Wow! to dance or play that music with the band, either way, it's all fantastic!! Thank you. ;-)
Now this is true dancing! I totally want to learn to do this. I usually could care less about dancing with the way it's done now, but this... this is amazing! Could anyone tell me what the name of the song is that they play in the video. It's probably right in front of me, but I just can't seem to place it.
My brain couldn't process what was going on, it's too fast x'D But I know that to do this type of dance requires a lot of energy and practice, awesome job ^-^
Fast Swing also known as the Lindy Hop, a popular partner dance that originated in Harlem in 1927 and is still danced today.wing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances.
I've set my goal to be this good. I'm swing dancing my way into shape and I'm so addicted I started dancing down the hall during school. Actually, I do it regularly because I can't stop doing the Lindy. I literally do it in my sleep.
To all those who say, "What has society came to?" It is not dance's fault, its music's and the people's fault. The beat of jazz inspires swing dancing, and the beat of today's music, well that inspires the conduct of today... You couldn't even call it dancing, you don't even move your feet! Why does society like music with the booming bass? I don't know, but that is what we are stuck with in the 21st Century, and all I have to say is the United States culture is shooting itself in the foot by forgetting how to dance. Its events like these that save it from a vicious cycle of devolution. That's why I am here on this video. I want to learn to swing, and experience this classic culture! Plus it looks fun!
the music of today mainly inspires Cha cha, rhumba, or three step swing, sometimes a westcoast. Booming bass maybe a merengue. I'm not sure your point.
It's a great dance! Everyone learns differently but on average, folks can learn a lot of the basics in a few hours of lessons but to master it can take much longer. Most who have a lot of talent or musical/athletic inclination take about 1 year to feel comfortable with a lot of the movement and if you just want to have fun and swing around all you need is a few lessons and a big smile :-D in fact, that happy smile is the most important thing above all else w/ Lindy Hop
The song being danced to is "White Heat", originally recorded by Jimmie Lunceford. You can look up the song to hear how fast that song is (and it was recorded in the 1930s). You can also look at some of my other videos from the same event at different years, and some years the tempo is even faster. The dancers in the video are emulating dancers from the 1940s. Look up the video from "Hellzapoppin (1941)", and you'll see they danced this fast during the swing era. :-)
love love love this!!! I personally dont have a sense of rhythm so I do tend to suck at dancing but love Swing! Its looks soooo much fun! Kudos to those guys at being able to do those moves!
absolutely wonderful ! such a classy, fun dance style. wish more people appreciated it more. it makes me think of a time where there were still " ladies and gentlemen". I can only hope if the times come to a full circle we will get to experience this majestic period.
I'm 18 and just now getting into Lindy Hop, but damn I wish I came across this when I was younger. The rhythm, agility, coordination, and overall social fun demonstrated here definitely resonates with me
Watching this makes me feel so happy.
same
Adding this to my bucket list, gotta try this before i die.
Me too but knowing me I will die actually trying this before I die 😂
Can you imagine the trust you'd have to place in each other to perfect this kind of performance?
my neck would have broken 12 times already.
The flips are cool but I'm most impressed by that fast and fancy foot work! Too keel in time like that at that speed it super impressive!
Karichi Du Soleil In the swing world those flips are called "air steps" because you dance in and out of them. They are part of the dance.
Swing dance is probably the best dance style to learn
+Daniel Susral It is, but it's not easy
Who needs twerk when you can swing ? :D
***** Finally someone said it
***** You are beautiful.
Yes
I'm a 58 year old, 203 pound wood carver with two left feet and this is my absolute favourite. How I wish that I could dance when I was nineteen... I'd a done this; what a way to celebrate being alive.
+Roger Brookes You still can. You should look for Lindy Hop in your city/state!
I was supposed to be studying for a test, but I had to watch the rest.......Great dancing!
i was doing the same xD
So I'm aassuming the first couple won
3:24
that couple is amazing.
Wow, these couples are in flat shoes. Can you imagine doing this in the 50's in heels and proper leather dress shoes.....
Um, you mean 1940s, right?
No, I mean the 1750's! I imagine shoes in those days must have been really uncomfortable
trinifilmmaker While in the 1950s, there were people doing this dance (see films Don't Knock the Rock and Untamed Youth), the swing era took place in the 1930s and 1940s.
Thank you for that, I am not familiar with the history of swing dance or the era it came from. I will check out those films.
trinifilmmaker 1750? That is 264 years ago, are you sure you did not mean 1950s?
when I'm sad I watch this
Whoever talks crap about this deserves to get their soul taken away.
Pointless. Whoever talks crap about this has no soul in the first place.
Thy just float across the floor l fucking love this😂
wow! i wish i could do this! it looks like such fun!
You should come out dancing with us. We swing dancers/lindy hoppers are all over =)
Trickeration
i would love to! but i can't dance like that! it must take years to learn how! but i would love to try!
Diane Evans years to dance like them, yeah! but most cities have beginner lessons every week and the social dance floor is much more chill =)
I'll check into it, thanks you! I love to listen to music too! Trickeration
So classy! Too bad it's not like this any more. Now we watch giant ass implants giggle to the beat of "MY ANACONDA DON'T! MY ANACONDA DON'T!"
Um this is from 2006. Swing dancing is bigger than ever. You can find it in every major city in the US and Europe and places around the world. If you want to do this, you can, just google "Lindy Hop" and your city/state.
Trevor Simko i'm pretty sure the parents of the white kids doing this style of dance didn't think it was "classy" at the time. You do realize it was created by African Americans the perception that you have about Anaconda is probably the same perception they had about this type of dancing and music.
mysterious2007damn I've read over this a couple times and I have no idea what you're trying to say.
Trevor Simko There was nothing complex about what I said you're obviously just a moron with a low IQ
mysterious2007damn Rather than trying to explain your point better, you resort to name-calling. Makes sense...
Now this is dancing! It's ashamed you don't really see this anymore. Well now I've decided to take dance classes at my college. :D
I meant to watch only the first few minutes of this video, hoping to understand what Swing is. I ended up mesmerized and sat through the whole thing
Andrea CDBB The dance being done is called Lindy Hop. :-)
My daughter asked me what swing dancing was and I showed her this! What better video to have showed her
Swing dancing should most definitely make a comeback. It's so much better than hip hop and anyone can do it as long as they have a LOT of energy and aren't overly clumsy
It already has, in fact, the swing comeback has lasted longer than the original swing era. Just google "lindy hop" and your city/state and you should be able to find something in your area. There are swing dance events going on around the world every weekend.
If I was the judge I could never pick a winner, they're all amazing
Not only is the dancing of the competitors in this video amazing, but I LOVE how the crowd is clapping and screaming thru the entire thing.
The all around energy of every aspect of this moment captured is incredible and thanks to whoever shared it!
The dancing is amazing; off the hook! They are going so fast!
I guess it's aptly titled, it's called fast dancing, isn't it?
Amazing!! Brilliant 110% dancing from all competitors.
I went to my first swing dance, not lindy, last Friday in a cinema in east London, best night out in years, danced with beautiful girls all night and got a date. You all know what to do...........go dancing. Dave
it's true. women love a man that can dance. even though half of women nowadays can't dance either. XD
This shit needs to come back so white people can be relevant in dancing again! lol (Im white btw)
Lindy Hop is more popular than ever. Try googling the term and your city/state and see what you can find. :-)
i wanna learn and im half black
Davis Ross
you are brown, not white.
doesn't exist "half black"
do you have white leg and black hand?
yes i do! lol
lol, swiss cow
I remember watching this back when I was 17!! I'm now 26! It still brings so much joy to my heart! I want to learn how to swing dance so badly!
+Ash Google "Lindy Hop" and your city/state. You'll find somewhere to go.
I just watched a buzzfeed video and a girl said she did swing dance and I had no idea what that was so I searched it up and clicked on the first video I saw lol
There are many different types of swing dances, but this is Lindy Hop, the original swing dance.
ahaha same!
lindyhop411 What other kinds of swing are there? Could you tell me some? It seems realy interesting. The music and the way they dance realy get's you going
TheMelopeus Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, St Louis Shag, Carolina Shag, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Boogie Woogie, DC Hand Dancing... Those are the bigger ones.
+Rosey Oh my god I did too!
Oh my. I hate dancing.
But this stuff rules!
Those flips though.
+MerryMichaelmas They are called "air steps"
Who says white people can't dance?
Det 1 Girl Although, the dance being done was created in Harlem in the 1920s. ;-)
+lindyhop411 true
love your profile photo btw
+Det 1 Girl everyone.
xD
+Det 1 Girl No one told that xD
weeeee that looks like so much fun
+heather Ellis god when I see this Im like wow, that looks awesome, it looks like a whole lotta fun but u gotta know what ur doin to start with I bet the first couple won, they were really good
I agree. Lots of stamina. I bet they did too
why do i hear somone pretending to be a zombie from Minecraft at 0:10
if only all americans were like this
best dance ever. I wish I could dance like that,meh. I had to born in a wrong time. ;/
Actually, if you want to do this dance, you live in the best time! Lindy Hop is more popular than ever, and the "swing revival" era has lasted longer than the original swing era. Right now you can find swing dance scenes in every major city in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia!
lindyhop411 AND New Zealand ;)
what's stopping you from doing it now? this video doesn't look THAT old
Look at their ages, they were born at the wrong time too, they learned.
this is a very ambiguous question but what is the approximate length of time it takes to get used to swing dancing? i dont expect an very accurate answer since there are sooo many factors. thanks
Everyone is different, but I would say on average it takes about a year to get comfortable with it.
HAVE TO GET RIGHT PARTNER & PRATICE!!
Depends what you mean by comfortable, but for a lead, if you go take a class and start going to dances, I'd say you can feel comfortable and be having fun on the dance floor in a couple of months.
My wife and I started dancing in January, after about 4-6 months we were comfortable dancing together at social dances. Dancing with other people is a bit different, it all depends how confident you are I suppose, but now I am comfortable dancing with anyone in our dance classes at social dances and don't mind dancing with strangers, as long as they love dancing and are happy dancing with someone with a little less experience, I'm good with it. Actually, most people are happy to dance with someone else no matter what experience you have, as long as YOU are enjoying it :)
I think it's impossible to watch this without tapping your fingers or your feet! :)
I now want to learn how to do that. I definitely can't break dance but there are a lot of those elements in this.
Since swing dancing came first, don't you mean break dancing has elements of swing in it? :-)
Touche.
Galin McMahon Fun Fact: the whole battle contest format that both swing dancing and break dancing have actually comes from tap dancing.
I'm learning how to swing dance in Phys Ed. Nothing this complicated, obviously, but the choreography were doing is still really cool. We're doing it to "sing sing sing" and it's really fun.
+Bobby the Blobfish The dance in this video is called "Lindy Hop".... If you aren't learning Lindy Hop in class, you aren't learning swing dancing.
+lindyhop411 That's not true. There's more to swing than just the Lindy Hop. I mean, the Lindy Hop is probably the coolest style of swing, but to say that you aren't learning swing if you aren't learning Lindy Hop is a lie.
lets go back to the 40s please !
One of the swing dancers in the Safe & Sound video is also in this video. The whole bboy battle format comes from tap dancing, which Lindy Hop (swing dancing) also gets it's inspiration from. Thanks for the respect. If you want to see something that will blow you away, look up the dance scene from the movie Hellzapoppin (1941) and you'll see where we get our inspiration from. :-)
Geez how on earth could you judge a competition like this??? They're all freaking amazing!!!!! :D I need to start going to a swing dance group!!!!
Just google "Lindy Hop" and your city/state to find dancing near you. :-)
As many times as I've watched this, this was the first time I realized how stellar the band is. Who was it?
+heather4him The Bellagala Big Band from Minneapolis.
I just couldn't stop smiling through the entire video! It's refreshing to see that in modern times, young people are getting together, socializing this way, so excited, keeping Swing alive and well. Wish I had something like that to go to in my town. Wow! to dance or play that music with the band, either way, it's all fantastic!! Thank you. ;-)
The first couple was the best..
Now this is true dancing! I totally want to learn to do this. I usually could care less about dancing with the way it's done now, but this... this is amazing! Could anyone tell me what the name of the song is that they play in the video. It's probably right in front of me, but I just can't seem to place it.
468 people HATE dancing
or don't know dancing when they see it ! ;)
nah, must have been accidental thumbs down. No reason to dislike this vid.
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to dance and learn with Frida Segerdahl, for one, she's an amazing dancer, and two, she's downright adorable!
Last week: Wow, this is pretty cool!
This week, after my first swing dancing lesson: HOW DO THEY EVEN...HOW
My brain couldn't process what was going on, it's too fast x'D But I know that to do this type of dance requires a lot of energy and practice, awesome job ^-^
omfg so this just soooo amazing
Holy shit, this was so energizing to watch! :D I was smiling so much during the whole thing
just A M A Z I N G !!!!!
Fast Swing also known as the Lindy Hop, a popular partner dance that originated in Harlem in 1927 and is still danced today.wing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances.
Yes, although the dance was created in harlem. :-)
HAPPY FEEEETTT!!! LOL! Just fabulous!!! :D
That looks just exhilarating. I'm wondering how long they they have practiced to dance so smoothly.
This is seriously amazing 😍🌹❤️
I thought something like that is only possible in the cartoons :)
Super humans, man..
Look up the dance scene from the movie "Hellzapoppin" (1941) and you'll see what these dancers are trying to emulate.
this looks very painful, so much arm yanking
+Alexander Lee Nope. If you are yanking, you are doing it wrong.
lindyhop411 then are they all doing it wrong? It looks like a lot of the time the man yanks the woman's arm to get her to fly in a certain direction.
Yeah, because you are such an expert about swing dancing that you can tell that from watching this video? Let's see your video of you dancing.
+lindyhop411 no, I know nothing about it. Just hard for me to understand how they actually achieve those movements, but doesn't mean I'm right.
As I said, if someone is yanking, they are doing it wrong. There's no yanking in any of this dancing.
I've set my goal to be this good. I'm swing dancing my way into shape and I'm so addicted I started dancing down the hall during school.
Actually, I do it regularly because I can't stop doing the Lindy. I literally do it in my sleep.
Dear god...
this looks like an insane amount of fun...
I've got to learn the Lindy Hop... NOW!
wow....and i played 7 hours of dark souls 2 today... *sigh*
To all those who say, "What has society came to?" It is not dance's fault, its music's and the people's fault. The beat of jazz inspires swing dancing, and the beat of today's music, well that inspires the conduct of today... You couldn't even call it dancing, you don't even move your feet!
Why does society like music with the booming bass? I don't know, but that is what we are stuck with in the 21st Century, and all I have to say is the United States culture is shooting itself in the foot by forgetting how to dance. Its events like these that save it from a vicious cycle of devolution. That's why I am here on this video. I want to learn to swing, and experience this classic culture! Plus it looks fun!
the music of today mainly inspires Cha cha, rhumba, or three step swing, sometimes a westcoast. Booming bass maybe a merengue. I'm not sure your point.
Круууто!!!!! Я тоже хочу научиться))))
this is what you need to hear :)
JUST DO IT!
DON'T LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS!
Nick & Ria are by far the best
Wow, this is great. I can't imagine all the energy needed to do this.
Playing the Star Wars Cantina Band song to this in the background is amazing
I really need to try that.
*Fast Swing Dancing*
KLASS !!! Thank you
this stuff is fuckin amazing incredible awesome awesome AWESOME!!!!
It's so great to see this dance style still alive!
This is actually scary as shit.
How much time do I need to learn to dance like that?
How much time to you have?
lindyhop411 more than enough.
It's a great dance! Everyone learns differently but on average, folks can learn a lot of the basics in a few hours of lessons but to master it can take much longer. Most who have a lot of talent or musical/athletic inclination take about 1 year to feel comfortable with a lot of the movement and if you just want to have fun and swing around all you need is a few lessons and a big smile :-D in fact, that happy smile is the most important thing above all else w/ Lindy Hop
I cannot wait to take swing dance lessons!!
Not true! London has a thriving and young Lindy Hop scene for example (The London Swing Dance Society). Where are you at? I'll see what I can find.
I learned these things about gravity and friction when I took Physics, and I'm quite convinced that these people have, well, never taken Physics.
Whaaaaat this is actually amazing! The first couple in black is incredibly fast, I'm amazed.
they are my fave :)
that's amazing...
beautiful ! ♥
How energetic!!!!
Очень здорово!)))
This is one of the most brilliant showdowns i have witnessed!!!!!! Wish everyone involved loads of luck!!! Cheers
Man, they've got the jives baby! It's the greatest thing once you've got that swing!!! ...smashing!
The song being danced to is "White Heat", originally recorded by Jimmie Lunceford. You can look up the song to hear how fast that song is (and it was recorded in the 1930s). You can also look at some of my other videos from the same event at different years, and some years the tempo is even faster.
The dancers in the video are emulating dancers from the 1940s. Look up the video from "Hellzapoppin (1941)", and you'll see they danced this fast during the swing era. :-)
this kind of dancing makes me soooo happy :)
It's official. This is the first style of dancing I will learn. I actually WANT to dance like this. It seems ridiculously fun to do.
that looks so goddamn fun!!!!!
love love love this!!! I personally dont have a sense of rhythm so I do tend to suck at dancing but love Swing! Its looks soooo much fun! Kudos to those guys at being able to do those moves!
11/22/63 bought me here.
3:00 HOOOOOOOOOOOOLY FCK
lo mejor del baile rapido.. es notable el ritmo y la perfeccion en pareja., gracias a lindyhop411 por subir este video riquisimo
and this is where cutting shapes originated
GreaT!!!!!
Absolutely fan-tas-tic!!!!! I pulled a cramp on my face from smiling so hard!!!!
Thank you :)
So awesome!!! Great job everyone!!! I've watched this video a thousand times and cant get enough of it.
absolutely wonderful ! such a classy, fun dance style. wish more people appreciated it more. it makes me think of a time where there were still " ladies and gentlemen". I can only hope if the times come to a full circle we will get to experience this majestic period.
Now this is what I call a dance off!! These couples were amazing!! I'd love to learn how to dance like that!!💚
I'm 18 and just now getting into Lindy Hop, but damn I wish I came across this when I was younger. The rhythm, agility, coordination, and overall social fun demonstrated here definitely resonates with me
krasno za uho, še bolje za pogled
It doesn't get any better than this. "It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing"! good vid.