Comments on: Lindy Hop Report

By: Camille

Camille — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:54:11 +0000

Oh, well done! And I am especially impressed at your posting the video. Donation to follow come Friday/payday.

By: Shana

Shana — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:55:18 +0000

When my mother had plantar fascitis, the podiatrist told her to wear high heels.

By: agm

agm — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:39:47 +0000

Bravo for letting this footage out (many people I know hate seeing videos of themselves dance). Have you figured out how long til you reach swing outs?

1) Regarding joints/limbs: what kind of shoes are you wearing? Good dance shoes make a world of difference, and a padded insole will help a lot too if that’s not enough support.

2) If it turns out that lindy is too physically demanding, you might want to check out west coast and/or blues. There’s a lot of overlap in crowds and in technique. I used to be an avid lindy hopper but eventually discovered that I love blues much more, as do my knees

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:58:33 +0000

Yay! Now if I can just convince my husband to follow your lead.

By: jonathan munn

jonathan munn — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:03:59 +0000

now, it seems, the brits have caught on too.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/video/2009/may/20/lindy-hop-dance

p.s. your lessons look like super fun too

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:45:28 +0000

You can definitely see your faces in the mirror…

By: shauna-la

shauna-la — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:31:35 +0000

Wow, that’s awesome. This reminds me of when my husband and I took dancing lessons for our wedding. Only thing was that we were supposed to do the Waltz on our big day and chickened out. I think we both wish we’d done it now. Looks like a lot of fun!

By: Holly-wa

Holly-wa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:16:29 +0000

Aha! So the mystery of the missing books is solved. Those evil UK publishers!
…
So, I’m NEVER going to see HTDYF or So Yesterday here? Never? *sniff*

By: Sir Tessa

Sir Tessa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:00:52 +0000

Heh. Nothing cooler than having fun.

By: Justine

Justine — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:46:11 +0000

Holly-Wa: You should be cursing UK publishers! They’re the ones who decided not to publish my books there. Or Scott’s So Yesterday.

By: Holly-Wa

Holly-Wa — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:41:16 +0000

This is awesome! Although I can kinda see your face- but only if I squint real hard. I guess you’ll only have to worry about hard-squinting stalkers if this footage get out, huh?

Anyway, enough of the creepy post. I just wanted to say that the lindy-hop pledge is such a good thing to do! It’s charitable, plus you get to learn an awesome dance!
one more thing…
When’s HTDYF coming out in the UK, Justine?
I’m waiting for BOTH HTDYF a n d So Yesterday.
Curse you, American/Australian Publishers!

By: Eric Luper

Eric Luper — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:29:07 +0000

That… is… awesome!!! Worth every dime. Oh, so is the library.

By: gabi

gabi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:26:08 +0000

this makes me so incredibly happy =D

By: Liset

Liset — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:13:36 +0000

this made me SMILE!
^-^
It’s also making me want to consider
taking salsa lessons with my boyfriend.
He really wants to for some reason…
hmm…perhaps he is gay and I haven’t noticed…

By: Justine

Justine — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:06:39 +0000

Candace: Ha! You sound exactly like my dance teacher. Am working hard to keep on balls of feet. Is one of many things on the list of things that are a work in progress. Though the plantar facia runs the length of the foot so it does still flair up even when I’m only on the balls of my feet.

By: Candace

Candace — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:58:56 +0000

I’m impressed! You guys are doing really well in just those three weeks of video! I really encourage you to go out social dancing- it is incredible fun, you meet some awesome people, and it’s a great way to practice your new movies.

If I may offer one tip that might help so that you don’t have to ice your foot after lessons? Try keeping your weight more on the ball of your foot instead of using your whole foot for the step.

I hope you will keep recording little bits of your lessons!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:20:17 +0000

You guys are so awesome. It looks like a lot of fun.

By: Jo Knowles

Jo Knowles — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Wow! You guys are so in sync! Looks like tons of fun and good exercise. Congratulations! *dreams of learning to lindy hop someday*

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:56:02 +0000

I can’t even begin to tell you how much this video made my day!! Thank you!!!

By: Lauren McLaughlin

Lauren McLaughlin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:47:06 +0000

You look like naturals! I can’t wait to go out dancing with you two. Well done.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:43:53 +0000

Excellent! You make me want to do it!

By: Nif

Nif — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:13:06 +0000

You look good! I’m glad you are having fun.

By: beckstraordinary

beckstraordinary — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:04:06 +0000

I love Lindy Hop. I dj for the swing scene in Omaha, NE http://www.jitterbugs.org If you click on the link of my name, that’s me doing some Lindy Hop at our National Event last year.

Congratulations! Lindy Hop is tough to learn and it looks like you’re doing a stellar job of it. It’s so much fun to do socially and took me from hermit nerddom to socially acceptable nerddom.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:56:55 +0000

I want to learn, SO bad right now. That looks like fun. And you guys are really good.

By: Justine

Justine — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:41:59 +0000

Julia: You are exactly right. Though my dislike is not of videos so much as it is of being filmed. (Don’t like being photographed either.)