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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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Oh, the Dances You Will Have!
Being a bunch of analogies about the kinds of dances you may experience, none of which are called “the conversation.” ** As always, I will add to this list as I think of new ones or as they are suggested. “Good floor, good music, good partner, good dancing.” –Willie Desatoff, original-era Southern California swing dancer,…
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