Hitler Rants About Swing Dance
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Hitler has an unusual opinion about Swing dances. Apparently, Collegiate Shag isn’t a swing dance, neither is Balboa or Charleston...?
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| 00:00 - 00:03 | A lot of people have disagreed with your PSA |
| 00:04 - 00:05 | Lots of discussions |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | all over the place. |
| 00:08 - 00:12 | They've responded on your original thread. |
| 00:12 - 00:15 | They've begun to make memes. |
| 00:17 - 00:19 | Collegiate Shag... |
| 00:19 - 00:21 | isn't a swing dance. |
| 00:24 - 00:26 | Mein Führer |
| 00:27 - 00:28 | Collegiate Shag... |
| 00:31 - 00:33 | is danced to swing music. |
| 00:34 - 00:36 | Any dance that's done to swing music is called a swing dance. |
| 00:53 - 00:58 | These dances will stay here: Shag, Balboa, Charleston, & Lindy Hop |
| 01:13 - 01:15 | Collegiate Shag |
| 01:15 - 01:17 | isn’t a swing dance, |
| 01:18 - 01:23 | neither is Balboa or Charleston, |
| 01:25 - 01:28 | or any other dance except for Swing. |
| 01:29 - 01:31 | Lol. |
| 01:31 - 01:34 | At best they could be lumped into |
| 01:34 - 01:37 | “Swing Era” dances. |
| 01:37 - 01:40 | But seeing as those dances predate the “Swing Era” that’s even a stretch. |
| 01:40 - 01:42 | This is a strange and not very historical claim. |
| 01:42 - 01:46 | I’m passing along information I learned from old timers. |
| 01:46 - 01:48 | Tell me again why shag and balboa are not swing dances? |
| 01:48 - 01:52 | They’re not Swing dances |
| 01:53 - 01:54 | because they are separate dances and cultures altogether. |
| 01:56 - 01:57 | It’s not a hard concept. |
| 01:57 - 02:00 | Tango isn’t a swing dance, |
| 02:00 - 02:03 | neither is Waltz. |
| 02:04 - 02:08 | Nobody asks why those aren’t called swing dances. |
| 02:08 - 02:13 | When people say Swing dancing they mean a swing derivative. |
| 02:14 - 02:16 | Meaning either Lindy-Hop or some other form |
| 02:17 - 02:21 | like boogie Woogie, or Shag, or East Coast, or any other form. |
| 02:27 - 02:29 | No one ever said let’s swing |
| 02:30 - 02:34 | and did Collegiate Shag or Charleston or Balboa. |
| 02:34 - 02:36 | That’s not actually a thing. |
| 02:41 - 02:42 | Swing dance... |
| 02:43 - 02:47 | That’s a dance that swings the rhythm. |
| 02:48 - 02:53 | Most swings at least started swinging the rhythm. |
| 02:54 - 02:56 | And by swings again I mean Lindy-Hop and its lineage... |
| 02:56 - 02:59 | Shag and Balboa and Charleston are straight rhythms… |
| 03:00 - 03:02 | not swung rhythms. |
| 03:04 - 03:07 | That is certainly an opinion. |
| 03:14 - 03:16 | It’s wild how history is constantly being rewritten |
| 03:19 - 03:23 | thanks to the younger generation and social media. |
| 03:25 - 03:26 | Times are wild these days. |
| 03:31 - 03:33 | I’m not talking about this as a musician. |
| 03:40 - 03:46 | I’m talking from a dancers view. |
| 03:46 - 03:49 | I’m not wrong at all. 🤷🏼♂️ |
| 03:53 - 03:56 | Famous Arthur Murray Shag clip for the Algorithm: |