Swing Dancing: Jedi Jack and Jill...

[thorfinn]

I don't normally do linkspam here, but this is worth posting. :-)

One of my regular swing dancing venues held a Jedi Jack and Jill swing dancing competition last night, starring a number of the local teachers. For those not in the know, a Jack and Jill competition is where you line up and have randomly selected partners... Then you have to swing dance to whatever music is played, making the whole dance up as you go. A true test of the madness that is swing dancing, essentially.

Jedi Jack and Jill, well, all competitors are blindfolded, then away you go...

Video of the final two songs with the final two couples are here:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibvxxzyc-bY
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=704YXuaVKpw

I'm occasionally in shot clapping like a mad thing in the background, sometimes hidden by another audient, but if you can tear your eyes away from the potential death action to spot me, I'll be impressed. :-)

Comments

[jeshyr]

... so swing dancing is a lot like Tai Chi? Why am I not surprised, knowing you :)

[thorfinn]

Heh, it is, except where it's not. :-)

The core skills are similar, but the application is completely upside down, essentially.

[jeshyr]

Yeah, I didn't mean the application so much but the bits at the utter middle of it.