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Swing Analogies: Lindy Hoppers are 22-to-25-year-olds
(Cough, cough…wheeze…wheeze…Still Thursday.) Obviously it’s a ballpark figure. But after countless hours researching — taking wind measurements, trying to remember how to use our TI-82, training a lemur to swing out, and then trying to steal its styling when it looked cooler than us — scientists over here in the Swungover Laboratory Cavern have recently…
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Swing Analogies: A new move is like a new box of legoes
On this recent Christmas morning (er, this post was written a few months ago), I helped my little nephew put together a Lego train, following his aerial training. It struck me as a great analogy for how I look at moves I learn from others in classes and such. Legos come in kits—blocks that are…
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Swing Analogies: stews and ransom notes
Your dancing “voice” is not so much like a voice, it’s more like a stew. Sure, it’s a voice in that it’s a unique tool you have for expressing yourself. However, using the word “voice” also implies it comes naturally, and is always present, even in the early stages of dancing, two things that are…
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Swing Analogies: A great follower is a proactive passenger
A Note from the Author: Ah, analogies. If you’re not careful, they say a lot you don’t expect them to. This happens especially when you write something on your way out the door for the Holidays. Looking back, the writing wasn’t as clear as I’d hoped. So, this post has been updated in an attempt…
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Swing Analogies–Balboa is like a poem…(cough)
Balboa is like a Poem. Would you like to come up to my room and look at my etchings? This analogy is something I played with years ago when I was trying to figure out the connection between Lindy Hop and Balboa to me personally. I love both equally, and it helped me realize why…
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