Swing Dancing. a few questions?
maca.doodle asked:
Well, I’m watching a movie in history and there is alot of swing dancing in it. Now, I’ve always wondered if when people do it on a day to day thing, is it made up as they go or is it usually a routine? Obviously in a movie it’s a made up routine……
How do people learn? It looks awesome… I mean, is it like, “Oh hey, I want to learn to Swing, let’s go to the local dance studio and get lessons!” X3 or something you pick up on your own usually?
Lame questions, but they’re coming from a lame person.
Wow… amazing responses. Thank you guys! Unforunately, dance classes appear to be far out of my range from where I live. Everything is on the beach… in my state anyways. We’re watching Swing Kids… I’m enjoying it.
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4 Responses to “Swing Dancing. a few questions?”
If you want to get really good, you should look for a swing dance studio or club near you.
You can look up places like this -, or you can just watch videos on youtube and try to figure it out on your own.
I swing dance with a few other friends, and we learned from videos and also from a swing dance instructor who gives us lessons for free.
Most swingers make it up as they go along, with the guy leading. These however, are mostly professionals who know enough swing dancing moves to move from one move to the next and keep it going.
There are lots of tutorials on youtube if you are interested in trying to learn!
Yeah, people usually learn it how you imagined it - they go to a dance studio and sign up for swing lessons. It is a social dance and usually it is based on lead and follow, but you need to know some basic moves in order to be able to lead or follow. Usually, in a beginner class you learn the patterns that you can lead and follow and have fun with, but once you are comfortable enough with those you can get into more complex choreography. You can’t really pick it up like people usually pick up club dancing.
When 90% of the country were listening to swing music (a massive number that can’t be duplicated by any current musical genre) kids taught each other, but the most efficient way to learn is lessons.
It can indeed be highly choreographed, but there’s no need to have any choreography at all. It’s a completely social dance at its best, but that leaves out the “air steps” that catch the attention so much. They’re too dangerous to other couples for use in social dancing, anyway.
I’ve been swing dancing since 1999, and its fabulous! Unless its a competition or a jam circle (where advancers create a circle and inside it a couple at a time shows off), it’s usually improv. There are moves you learn, but the combinations of them are what is improved. Also, you can always play around with your styling of the moves when you’re good enough. Where do you live? You’d be surprised at finding somewhere to go, and I definitely recommend it! I drive sometimes an hour each way to go swing dancing (live in S. California) and it’s way worth it! Most swing dance clubs have a free lesson included with admission, and great way to start! Then, just get out there and start asking everyone to dance (don’t just take a partner and stick to yourselves, you won’t really learn that way
).