Musicality: Solo, Partnered, Choreography, Improvisation - Lindy Hop & Swing Dance

As Lindy Hoppers, our goal is to look like the music sounds. However, there's no one right way to do this, and it can be very difficult to find your individual voice as a dancer. In this video, I go over ideas for musicality in choreography, improvisation, solo, and partner dancing as well as a bit of my own musical evolution, and some great advice I've gotten to help get me where I am. Hope it's helpful!

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00:00 - Thanks for Joining Me!
01:19 - Being Literal
05:49 - Being General: Structural Musicality
07:35 - Tailored to a Song
09:01 - Countermelody / Collective Improv / Negative Space
10:52 - Putting It All Together
12:26 - Partner Dancing

VOCALESE EXAMPLES:
Original Solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUFg6HvljDE
Eddie Jefferson's vocalese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8toHWZVL8M

COLLECTIVE IMPROV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadpcjMB_2s

COUNTER MELODY:
Charlie Barnett, Cherokee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GR2t1Q0HE0
Charlie Barnett, Skyliner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE7Dru6XLic

STAN GETZ version of Jumpin' with Symphony Sid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvDt5VNJf3A

MUSIC:
Intro / Outro: Six Cats and a Prince, by the Brooks Prumo Orchestra
Jumpin' with Symphony Sid, by the Brooks Prumo Orchestra
http://brooksprumoorchestra.bandcamp.com/

MERCH:
Prints: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lauraglaessart
Other: https://lauraglaess.threadless.com/

50% of the money made from this channel is donated to organizations that support African Diasporic art forms, because Lindy Hop is a Black dance, and preserving and cultivating Blackness is very important to its identity. My current charities are:
Black Lindy Hopper's Fund: https://blacklindyhoppersfund.org/
National Jazz Museum in Harlem: https://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

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