Lindy Hop is a more complicated style of swing dancing. It began in Harlem, New York city during the 1920's. The dance contains of very complicated steps and high energy from the performer. Usually African and European dance traditions are used in this style of dance. It includes a lot of acrobatics, and a lot of it has to do with connecting with you're partner. In the video above you see many different couples dancing Lindy Hop, this video is from the film Hellzapoppin. White people would go to Harlem to watch people dance, they enjoyed it a lot because it was like nothing they've ever seen before.
The HR themes shown in this video is pride. You can tell that this people are proud to be doing what their doing. Not many people could dance like this during the 1920's, so if you could do it, it was truly a talent. The fact that white people were so amassed by this style of dancing was also a very big deal during these times. This video shows this people enjoying themselves, and being proud of being able to do this type of complicated dancing.
I like this video because I am truly stunned at this style of dancing, the people in this video are so good at it, and they make it look so easy. But in reality this is probably one of the most complicated styles of dancing I've seen so far. I just love the energy that is put into this style of dance. While I was looking for videos I watched a lot of people dancing Lindy Hop and I did not see one person that didn't have a fantastic high energy. I am also amassed at how people can be doing so many different steps at the same time. I just feel that if you can dance like this, you truly have talent.
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