Nightclub 2-Step, Ari Levitt & Jodi Fleischman (Seattle, Nov 2009)

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Jodi and Ari take a break to demonstrate a little improvisational Nightclub 2-Step using many of the "fusion" steps they created for this dance. Ari & Jodi are also the co-creators of "fusion waltz" and "fuson swing". Enjoy!
To learn more about Nightclub 2-step or about "fusion" dance, or for information on classes, workshops, or lessons for your area, please contact Ari at www.RollUpTheRug.com, or Jodi at www.LeftFootBoogie.com
Many thanks to Guy Caridi for filming! (Video service by WiseGuyProductions@comcast.net)

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@robote7679 Год назад

The loveliest Nightclub I've ever seen. Beauty and perfection. I love the dance you two created here. Thanks so much.

@jeff5279 5 лет назад

This video is the inspiration that started my interest in NC2 Step. It inspires me still. It's smooth, it's fluid, it looks effortless. It looks exactly how I think dance should look. Ari moves the way I someday hope to move on the dance floor. Thanks for this benchmark performance Ari.

@PolarityMedical 13 лет назад

A real pleasure to watch. When I have dances like this I am quite sure that my life has been fulfilled. And then I do it again. Thanks!

@myjets8r 11 лет назад

I love watching the two of you dance again and again.........love the fluid movements. You make it look so easy!

@PoeticJusticeSC 11 месяцев назад

I love this style of Nightclub 2 Step. I'm not nearly as impressed by the more recent style of dancing it all in open with a cross over instead of the rock back. I had to come back and enjoy this beautiful classical NC2.

@arilevitt 14 лет назад

As you very astutely noted, fusion night club does borrow from the stylings of Latin and blues and blends them into the night club dance form we know and love today. The video you are watching is a small sample of what fusion night club looks like.

@bluesburg 14 лет назад

Ari, you and Jodi are a joy to watch. Love your smooth foot and hand/wrist work. Wish I lived in Seattle so I could take a class and twirl Jodi! Keep up the downloading.

@kycsum1997 4 месяца назад

Sooooo talented!!! Smooth, beautiful , romantic with excellent lead !!!👍

@darlenegraziano6254 9 лет назад

I got to tell you, I just was looking at some Night club 2 step videos and ran across this. I absolutely loved it!!! I have been teaching for many years and don't know your background but I love the look of the style that you have created. Great job!!!

@chicar46 14 лет назад

great great great.... my girlfriend and I are just @ the beginning of NC Twostep learning and it already is one of our most preferite Dance..... you two are so wunderful and smooth... and it is a pleasure looking at you dancing... compliments...great!!! thank u so much.... Carlo & Manuela

@wiscgaloot 2 года назад

Very nice! 15 years ago I could dance nearly this well, plus a few other fancy moves. I miss dancing a lot.

@arilevitt 14 лет назад

The music in the video is "People Change" by Rockapella. Please let me know if you have any further questions, or if you would be interested in have us put on a workshop for your community. It would be our pleasure :) - Ari

@jeff5279 5 лет назад

This is still my all-time favorite NC2-Step video. I enjoy this performance so much that I literally hate to rewind and pause to figure out something I just saw. I go to NC2-Step when a song comes on with a Salsa beat, or a love song comes on with a Rumba beat, and neither have a Latin groove.

@retailgoddess 12 лет назад

LOVED It!! The light touch with the hands.. so nice . I'm a begginer and sometimes I feel like my wrist is gonna break. You guys are smooth.

@arilevitt 14 лет назад

Thank you for your kind comments. While Jodi and I have been teaching standard night club two step for more than a decade in Seattle, over the past few years we have also enjoyed traveling around the country introducing workshops in several new styles of "fusion" dance -- including "fusion night club", "fusion waltz", and "fusion swing".

@travellilly 9 лет назад

Nice and smooth routine, perfect fit for the music. Great job

@miyukicastleton2498 10 лет назад

Love, Love, Love watching your performance... make me smile every time I watch...wish you are coming to Utah...

@arilevitt 9 лет назад

Hi Miyuki, I would love to come to Utah. Who should I talk to about setting up a workshop. Feel free to check out www [dot] rolluptherug [dot] com to see other workshops I do around the country (on the calendar page). Would be a lot of fun :)

@miyukicastleton2498 9 лет назад

Wow, it is a blessing to have your message back on my birthday😉 let me find out the best area for your workshop...Thank you !!!

@yesItsjustjae 9 лет назад

Our little dance community is bringing Ari to the Colorado mountains for a workshop in Glenwood Springs, not too far from Utah... It is sooo worth the drive to take one of his classes.

@mizdahlia 14 лет назад

The music is "People Change" by the group Rockapella (and I've been listening to it obsessively since I first heard it...sooo catchy & sad).

@frankrkovilaritchjr6404 6 лет назад

Love it

@arilevitt 11 лет назад

Thank you, Roman. Yes, Lindy, Swing, Balboa, Blues, WCS, Waltz (Cross-Step, Rotary, Viennese), Fox, Salsa, Cha Cha and other social ballroom and latin dance are in our teaching repertoire. I also do very unique workshops on connection, the "art of conversation on the dance floor", and on the "wellness & dance" from a medical perspective. Feel free to write me at "arilevitt [at] rolluptherug [dot] com", and I wuld be happy to tell you more, or to set up a workshop in your community.

@arilevitt 6 лет назад

If you enjoyed our Night Club 2 Step video, you might also enjoy seeing an example of "fusion waltz" -- a very fluid and lyrical way of breaking rhythms, blending stylings, and exploring mutual play on the dance floor in the context of waltz. Here, Alyssa and I are playing and improvising after one of our classes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m5UtQgAQhcE.html. Enjoy!

@arilevitt 6 лет назад

The same “fusion” styling can also be applied to NC2S , as seen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BgkZvxL_3bw.html

@arilevitt 14 лет назад

We are currently in the process of putting together a more advanced teaching video of this style which should be available soon, and we'll be teaching this, fusion waltz, and other dance styles at Stanford's Dance Weekend this June 18-20, 2010, in Palo Alto, CA.

@chrisbrengel6689 10 лет назад

"Improvisational"! Seriously, that wasn't choreographed? Great job! And I love how smooth you make it :)

@ralfscherer4143 Год назад

great, only great

@riomare4718 Год назад

Wonderul! :-)

@arilevitt 14 лет назад

Thanks Dahlia, Jodi and I are working on a tentative Spring/Summer workshop schedule even as we speak. We'll post those details once they are more concrete. Meanwhile, may happy returns (for tax day), :) Ari

@masguapoako 3 года назад

I miss dancing his

@arilevitt 5 лет назад

The latest evolution of NC2S is "NC2S Fusion" - so fun, flowing, improvisational, musical, and beautiful. Here are a couple of examples on RU-vid from myself & Alyssa who have been pioneering this field: 1) Ari Levitt & Alyssa Manning, #1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BgkZvxL_3bw.html 2) Ari Levitt & Alyssa Manning, #2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SUZAcY3wTaQ.html

@regularguy7561 5 лет назад

10 years ago and still the best.

@TheOzzie2008 12 лет назад

He is an excellent dancer. Will be able to make any partner feel like she can dance :)

@andreasverepova1198 9 лет назад

Don't take me wrong, it really looks pretty and like fun, just... I don't know :) To me it really looks like blues with some salsa variations added, but blues allows a lot of playing around, so I don't know if I would call it fusion... but oh well, it's still nice to watch. The only thing I would lose is the bellydance scarf ;)

@LuZeng 9 лет назад

You make a good observation -- as both are quick-quick-slow dances, nc2s and salsa fuse seamlessly. Further blurring the lines, I think Ari's dressed as a blues dancer but applying elements of salsa / latin styling.

@boblutz7823 3 года назад

I didn't notice the "bellydance" scarf, but perhaps also lose the white "sticky-sole" shoes. A nice pair of black leather-sole or swede-sole shoes would make him look even better and smooth out the pivots nicely. Just my 2 cents from 20+ years of nc2 dancing. Great patterns! Can't wait till the California clubs and studios open again.

@mikekida8576 11 лет назад

Ari, you 2 look fantastic. Do you ever make it to Chicago?

@NC2St3pp3r 14 лет назад

Me and my partner both like the variations, but it seems that they styling is more Blues-dancing, and some of the variations seem to be almost salsa-like. Nonetheless, great vid!

@RomanAdar 11 лет назад

Excellent, thanks for sharing. Do you also do swing?

@WessexTelevision 12 лет назад

If you're ever in Marin County, CA, please let me know. I'd love to get some lessons from you.

@mikekida8576 11 лет назад

anyone figure out the song yet?

@rkaydia 7 лет назад

@HunterstonB 14 лет назад

Very nice, looks like a close hold version of Modern Jive. What's the music?

@outwiththem 4 года назад

I wish my partner could follow me on those long steps.. Practice more maybe..

@mizdahlia 14 лет назад

Ari, are there upcoming NC2stop workshops in Seattle? I don't see anything specific on the Classes/Workshops page of your site. I can probably get a small group of dancers who'd be willing to sign up; let me know what I need to do. - Dahlia

@greglogan7706 5 лет назад

History of this dance?

@GFSwinger1693 5 лет назад

Buddy Schwimmer www.2step2.net/history%20Nite%20Club.htm

@arilevitt 12 лет назад

Thank you. Please drop me a line at arilevitt [at] rolluptherug [dot] com and let me know your contact info (email, etc). I'm in the Bay Area several times a year and would be happy to keep you posted on my next trip there. :) Ari