Why Do You Like To West Coast Swing???

Vince A

Vince A

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I just did a quickie search and saw that we've touched all around WCS - arms, music, connection, 10 steps to better WCS, but we've never said why we like to WCS.

For me . . . it's all about expression. Expression of dance through the music being played that can be done with a partner OR by myself!

Why do you WCS?
 
In the past I would have said, because I like the music :-(. These days it's because I still want to swing dance, and in the increasingly vain hope of stumbling into an event without so much pop music.

The Lindy dance community is too young for someone my age to really fit into, although I very much like much of their music and some of the directions Lindy has been evolving, and most of their events are too far away (San Francisco).
 
west coast, reason

:D
Of all the dances I've learned over many years, west coast is the most expressive I've encountered, with a partner. It goes with the top 40 tunes of the day, past groovy, mellow sounds etc. So much to choose from.
It has many interpretations and expressions, one can never stop expanding the limits.
This is another way that a skill can be heightened to an art.

doug
 
Ok, as I said I would in an earlier thread I'm giving WCS that "2nd effort".

Now, I've only been to two classes - there's a newer instructor now; I didn't like the previous one and I will attend as regularly as I can. Wednesday is WCS night at the studio.

I must say that I really enjoyed this class; the instructor made things easy and for once I was in a class that was not being taught by someone who demanded absolute perfection down to the smallest detail-something d nice commented on earlier.

Let er' swing baby! 8) :mrgreen:

Oh, and welcome aboard dmacbean. :D
 
Just remember that "perfection" shouldn't exist in dancing . . . as we "are humans," and as such, we do make mistakes.

Forget about being perfect and your WCS dancing will skyrocket . . . however, give it time to develop . . . it is a strict dance!
 
I like it because of the freedom allowed in it.

I was explaining to Vince that Lindy Hop is like a Haiku, has some very specific elements that must be present in the artistic expression, but West Coast is more like free-verse, far fewer restrictions in its street form.
 
Vince A said:
Just remember that "perfection" shouldn't exist in dancing . . . as we "are humans," and as such, we do make mistakes.

Forget about being perfect and your WCS dancing will skyroocket . . . however, give it time to develop . . . it is a strict dance!
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Couldn't agree more Vince; no perfection just excellence which for me means enjoyment. :wink:
 
i luv the music variety-u can dance too the blues-funk-hip hop-some forms off jazz-and some disco, each of these brings a different expression and when you feel good in the basic timing you can play with this dance sooooooooooooooooooooo much, i luv too see the ladies get sassy-sexy- playful-funky etc.
 
Its a fun slinky little dance that. Plus with it and hustle you can dance to a lot of the pop music played at most clubs. (at least here)
 
Me

No I don't like the West Coast Swing. I've had lessons and I simply don't like it. Perhaps it is because I really don't like the music. ;) I prefer East Coast.
 
WCS has a flirtatious and playful feel that comes from the elastic nature of leverage and compression (Yes, I want you -- No, I don't). I enjoy wcs much more when the music is slow and bluesy than fast and funky because it fits the undulating, slinky, in-and-out characteristic of the dance.
 
I'm more in line with Hank's view... I really like slower, sultry, slinky WCS. "New" funky style just doesn't do anything for me.

For me the slinkiness/sultriness of WCS apeals to the same sensuality I love in salsa (where I also prefer slow-medium vs. fast tempi).
 
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