Comments on: Lindy Hop – The Original Swing Dance – New York 1939 https://glamourdaze.com/2010/09/lindy-hop-original-swing-dance-new-york.html Vintage Fashion Blog Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:37:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sarsaparilla https://glamourdaze.com/2010/09/lindy-hop-original-swing-dance-new-york.html#comment-611 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:33:40 +0000 http:/?p=105#comment-611 This was so much fun! I played it three times! 30's and 40's magazines and catalogs are great, but to really get a feel for the fashion of the times, there's nothing quite like seeing ordinary people in action on the streets of New York. And the fact that this was at the historical 1939 World's Fair makes it all the more intriguing.

It's interesting to see all the women dancing together. (I chuckled every time I saw the two women at about 0:30, dancing cheek-to-cheek.) My sisters & I always dance together at weddings, but I didn't realize that it was so acceptable back then…

One last thing – Congrats on being selected by Ms. Zweig as one of the Top Ten Nostalgia Blogs!

]]> By: elise https://glamourdaze.com/2010/09/lindy-hop-original-swing-dance-new-york.html#comment-610 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:06:45 +0000 http:/?p=105#comment-610 Loved this short! Particularly the two ladies wearing the same dresses in blue and white print caught on camera like mirror images.

]]> By: Debi https://glamourdaze.com/2010/09/lindy-hop-original-swing-dance-new-york.html#comment-608 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:25:28 +0000 http:/?p=105#comment-608 LOVED THIS VIDEO! Thanks for posting. It was great to see their outfits and dancing! I must learn to do this dance.

]]> By: Toby Wollin https://glamourdaze.com/2010/09/lindy-hop-original-swing-dance-new-york.html#comment-606 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:46:54 +0000 http:/?p=105#comment-606 To be truthful, there are couples in this movie who are NOT doing the Lindy.The couples who are facing forward and seem to be doing a walk to the music for a couple of steps before they change are going what was called at that time, "The Stroll". If you go to any big band dance today, you will see elderly couples still doing that — it's a variation of the Fox Trot, which is something that you are seeing other couples doing in the movie also. It's only in the middle where you see 3 or 4 couples in the center of the frame start to do the Lindy.

]]> By: Wes https://glamourdaze.com/2010/09/lindy-hop-original-swing-dance-new-york.html#comment-605 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:37:56 +0000 http:/?p=105#comment-605 Very cool! I agree… even if I am "jitterbug challenged!" Foxtrots, slow waltzes, yes, but now, i may have to try the Hop!

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