Chelsea Clinton in Swing Contest!

[DanceScientist]

This footage is from the 1998 Stanford Viennese Ball. Notice they are mostly dancing a 4-count swing. They make it look great though!

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[reb]

Thanks DanceScientist!

[quixotedlm]

was that the girl in blue at the start of the clip?
looks like noodle arms...

[tangotime]

She should have done hustle ( her dad could have taught her well !! ) :rolleyes:

[White Chacha]

So maybe I should visit the swing forum for this, but all that looked like what I've heard called Lindy. What's the right nomenclature?

[tangotime]

Ok , to get serious--it would be hard to define exactly what they were attempting-- it came close to a poorly done East coast swing .

[LucyDiamond]

It looks like they were all having fun and that's all that matters, IMHO...

[tangotime]

That was never in q-- the poster asked WHAT they were doing .

[DanceScientist]

Yeah, most people in the contest were dancing lindy hop. However, Chelsea and her partner danced mostly a 4-count swing with a few aerials. In social dance classes at Stanford, 4-count swing (marching tempo) is actually taught before the 6-count swing and triple steps.

[SlowDancer]

Thanks, DanceScientist--it does look like they were having fun! And it's always great to see folks dancing that you wouldn't expect to see dancing.