Great dance moves i love learning these moves wirh my kids. I only wish the background was all the same and you had full body suits in different colours too make it easier to learn. Best moves on utube so far. Many thanks for posting.
Any other names for: 0:54 russian kick 1:50 flying lotus 1:23 tornado flip 2:19 over the top 3:28 figure 4 dip 5:21 the shimmy 6:46 aeroplane 6:59 mini death dive into circus flip 7:29 circus skarf
I had a dance partner (former one) who was quite light enough for me to do only a few Lindy Hop air steps. I also watched some of the other "daring Lindy aerials" on the Internet and I think I can recognize nearly 1/3 of the Lindy aerials. On that first aerial that was botched - you were trying to do The Back To Back Roll. Fortunately, I tried that with one of my partners and fortunately that airstep was not botchy. We know aerials are dangerous so anything that can help especially a flyer save oneself from injury from a botched aerial is extremely important here.
If the flyer can master the Wagon Wheel aerial, the flyer will be comfortable with the "Back To Back Roll" airstep as well. Back to Back Roll is the airstep where partners start in back to back, then the base man catapults the flyer over with a aerial somersault over his head and then lands facing the base man. It is used in jitterbug as well as Lindy.
There is also a "safer" Russian kick air step you can do. Instead of lifting the flyer way high in the Russian kick, there is Russian kick variant in the Tandem Charleston, where you lift the flyer up on the "double kick" (the actual lift happens on beat 5), but the lift is only up to about chest level (lower and hence lesser risk) - the lady does the split and the base man does the kick through the lady's legs. The flyer lands on beat 7, being sure that the base man gets that kicking leg out of the way for the lady to land.
Yea no worries. They're all in the description :) Here they all are... 1. Side pop 0:46 2. Wagon wheel 0:50 3. Russian kick 0:54 4. Moon flip 0:57 5. Hip flip 1:02 6. Al mins (AKA Left Hook) 1:07 7. Lamp post (AKA Frankie flip/Around the back) 1:12 8. Backpack 1:16 9. Tornado flip 1:23 10. Bum flip 1:29 11. Around the world 1:36 12. The fly 1:44 13. Flying lotus 1:50 14. K flip 1:54 15. Front flip off shoulders 2:03 16. Pitched back layout 2:12 17. Over the top (of the follow) 2:19 18. Tummy Flip 2:28 19. Bug on back flip (AKA Back to back/Frankie Flip) 2:35 20. Reversal 2:44 21. Snatch exit, over the head 2:51 22. The clamp (AKA The nose) 2:59 23. Jean flip 3:07 24. Walk over 3:13 25. Cup cake 3:20 26. Figure 4 dip 3:28 27. Tick tock 3:36 28. Cartwheels 3:44 29. Guy toss 3:51 30. Dragon 4:02 31. Coffee Grinder 4:21 32. Hammer Throw (AKA Throw out) 4:33 33. The Scarf 4:49 34. Spinning rag doll 4:43 35. Can Opener 4:52 36. Hour Glass 5:00 37. The Mop 5:05 38. Knicker Bocker (AKA Left Hook) 5:14 39 The Shimmy 5:21 40. Woman toss (AKA Girl Toss) 5:31 41. Charleston flip 5:41 42. Shake n' change 5:48 43. Candlestick 5:57 44. High Bird (AKA Dirt Dancing lift) 6:08 45. Swedish meatball (from a T-Drp) 6:17 46. Leap frog 6:27 47. Crusifix 6:36 48. Aeroplane 6:46 49. Mini death dive into Circus flip 6:59 50. Skipping rope 7:09 51. Frida flip (AKA Over the shoulder) 7:17 52. The Circus scarf 7:26
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i watch this often and the finisher is wiiild, called something? thanks for sharing, it's s perfect introduction to what's possible in a way that seems accessible!
It's a good thing this video didn't exist when I was in high school because our swing dancing club didn't have any teachers so we would just copy things that we saw online haha
My Favorites are The K flip/Kaye Flip 1:54, Frida Flip 7:17, Moons 0:57, The Jean Flip 3:07, Flying Lotus 1:50,Knicker Bocker (AKA Left Hook)5:14,Pitched back layout 2:12
Wow, very controlled! Both your muscles must have been sour after this 😳 Viewers: take lessons for aerials, don't just try to copy. Or do it very safely, on mats, with a catcher.
Absolutely incredible! I knew a fair amount of aerials, but you have done so many more that I have never seen before. This will provide a ton of new material to learn!
Hi Kaleena. You'd be surprised how much of these are all about timing and technique. A certain level of strength though will help keep you and your partner safe while learning though. As a guide, if you can give someone a piggy back, you will be able to do plenty of air steps with that person with a bit of practice.
I love it!!! How would yall recommend someone getting into swing dancing and aerials? Playing, reading and teaching music has been a huge part of my life. And recently wanted to get into swing dancing; without a single drop of class time learning how to dance. But its 100% a passion of mine I want to take the time to learn and perfect, to go with my musical passions. Thanks in advance for your time, video and response If I'm lucky enough to get one. Love yal <3
Hi Rodney. Being a musician will certainly help you learn to swing dance! The best bet is to find your local, weekly classes. There are online tutorials but nothing beats having an instructor in person help you out. You may have to do a quick google search for swing dance classes or lindy hop near you. Then once you have the basics down I also strongly recommend exchanges! There are big weekend events all around the world where people invite international instructors to teach workshops and host parties. People will travel a long way to get to these events so you get to dance with lots a different people too. Best way to find these events is through swingplanit.com.
I am in no way an expert, but I feel like finding a partner who is willing to put in the work with you is a great asset. Learning lifts and aerials is kinda hard when you're missing half the equation.
Only do lifts with a trained spotter/teacher who knows what they’re doing. I broke my back a couple years in to doing lifts because I trusted a guy who didn’t know what he was doing and got dropped. Never been the same since.
