30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: Favorite Class Taken

30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: Favorite Class Taken

Every Friday for thirty weeks, I will write about a topic from the list of the “30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge“. This week, I’m talking about: Week #9: Favorite class taken – Not a dance class, though It was in 2005 at Waterkant Jam, a Lindy Hop festival in Hamburg Germany. Lennart Westerlund, yes THE Lennart, was teaching a musicality class with live band. He was talking about the structure of jazz and the band was playing what he was talking about. I would say, to have a live band in class was at that time quite unique. But that’s only [...]

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Musicality for Swing Dancers: AABA 32-bar song form

Musicality for Swing Dancers AABA 32-bar form | Shuffle Projects

“Learn about the AABA jazz form” is the seventh tip in my article “33 Actions & Tips To Become A Better Swing Dancer“. The interest in this tip is huge, reason enough to examine the AABA form in a separate article. After the introduction, we will take a look at the theory. Then we will listen to an example, where the AABA form is used. And finally, you will learn a basic idea, how to implement AABA into the dance by using a simple routine. Introduction The AABA form was style-defining for the popular music of the United States. It is [...]

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