Hi, I’m Maria and through this channel I want to share my passion for dancing to jazz music with you. As a teenager I danced (modern) Jazz Dance for a while and tried some Ballet. Few years ago, when I discovered Afro-American vernacular dances, like Charleston and Lindy Hop I was captivated by the creativity, craziness, and imperfection these dances allow. When I dance to jazz music, I feel pure joy and freedom. I would like to transmit this feeling to you and hope you enjoy it.
Omg what a pair of legs! :) And I thought I had nice ones haha. But on a serious note.. wow. I have never seen it danced like this, I have only seen a bit in various movies. What a treat this was to watch. Thank you. ❤
Wonderful dancing as always. Band hurts the rhythm with a non-Jazz Age style. They're doing modern cheap dixieland (Sam Levine is about as crude and fake as it gets), where all the upbeats get lost in a schlocky soup. It's spectacular work by Maria, but held back noticeably by the elevator music band.
She's so great! She's not just proficient and authentic, but sincerely immersed in the dance. There are dozens of botched period dance videos out there that are ruined by the dancers persistently putting a camp, winking face on their own endeavors. If you're winking at what you're doing, you shouldn't be doing it. Maria gets that. So genuine!
This is my favorite of hers. Helps a lot that in this video, the band plays authentic Charleston style. A few of her vids have a campy "big band"-or-even-later take on the Charleston, played as if with an ironic little nod to a "bygone era." This one is just right, and Maria is outstanding in every way!
She is superb! She would come off even better, take it to a new level, with more authentic '20s-'30s instrumental backing. The band is a serious cut below in a few of her vids. Here, we have "Bei mir bist Du schön," which is a stomp. Should be done more uptempo, with a hard-driving rhythm. She'd fall into that effortlessly! But this band is pure campy, synthetic Nelson Riddle-ly 1950s "dixieland." She's completely authentic and into the beat, so it detracts to have backing bands that play with a kind of persistently annoying "Aren't we cute?" wink of the eye. Bravo as always to Maria!
I think she's terrific! Total mastery of wing artistry while maintaining the fore and back move. Just about everything is here. Some little buck steps, a very cute swinging kick, and, wow, even a perfect ritard thrown in near the middle. Absolutely wonderful!
Wow this is beautiful. I've not seen this before so was curious, is this counted as authentic- I would presume so. Regardless, I love it. This was so beautiful, happy and full of positive energy. Love this, thank you for dancing and please keep dancing. You lighten the world. :) <3
It's a beautiful thing to see the world embrace African American dancing styles. What's even cooler is knowing that this one is still alive and well 100 years later. Well done!
No era voluntariamente tan sensual El original porque la musica era mas cortada ,,,para levantar la pierna Como hace necesita mucho tempo y no poderla repetir continuamente hace desplomar el efecto erotico.
A 1950s movie has teens jive dancing, which a few middle aged adults are outraged by. They tell their teen daughter or niece how horrendous it is, so she scoots to the dancefloor and dances like this video, where other kids do, too. It's so wild, it shuts up the adults, who look thoroughly righted. I think of that scene every time I see 20s dancing, and you do it PHENOMENAL justice!
