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October 14, 2016 9:57 AM Subscribe
I want to learn the style of dance in this video. What is it called, and where in the Boston area can I go to learn it?
There's mixed elements of of hip-hop in there (I see locking, popping, and breaking at various points), but the core of it looks more like lindy hop to me.
posted by Four String Riot at 10:47 AM on October 14, 2016
posted by Four String Riot at 10:47 AM on October 14, 2016
Learning how to pop and lock (and do general hip-hop style isolations) will take you much of the way there.
posted by radioamy at 11:05 AM on October 14, 2016
posted by radioamy at 11:05 AM on October 14, 2016
Some of the footwork is like the Melbourne Shuffle, Google for instructional vids.
posted by nicwolff at 11:16 AM on October 14, 2016
posted by nicwolff at 11:16 AM on October 14, 2016
Solo jazz / charleston done to electro-swing. And some hip-hop (the isolations, as someone else has said). The two aren't so different, sometimes: see the Montreal Swing Riot dance-off, previously.
Your local lindy hoppers may teach the solo jazz / charleston stuff (though you may find they'll concentrate more on partnered dance). There seem to be quite a few swing dance schools in Boston (note: for this, you don't want West Coast Swing, but people teaching the older swing dances).
posted by pw201 at 11:19 AM on October 14, 2016
Your local lindy hoppers may teach the solo jazz / charleston stuff (though you may find they'll concentrate more on partnered dance). There seem to be quite a few swing dance schools in Boston (note: for this, you don't want West Coast Swing, but people teaching the older swing dances).
posted by pw201 at 11:19 AM on October 14, 2016
The footwork is generally a descendant of The Charleston and Mashed Potato. Upper body stuff is essentially popping and locking.
posted by rhizome at 12:26 PM on October 14, 2016
posted by rhizome at 12:26 PM on October 14, 2016
It's called electro swing and one of the best in the industry has tutorials online here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaHo1-11EsP9kErr5GcIeiW6-jt7vFr3J
You can see his style in one of my fav videos of his here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEWi3l1ghD4
posted by TestamentToGrace at 8:37 PM on October 14, 2016 [7 favorites]
You can see his style in one of my fav videos of his here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEWi3l1ghD4
posted by TestamentToGrace at 8:37 PM on October 14, 2016 [7 favorites]
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