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Project Q – Lindy Hoppers for Science: Who’s in from Zurich?

Written by on 23.01.2012 · 12 Comments
Project Q - Lindy Hoppers for Science: Who's in from Zürich?

I just stumbled upon Project Q (thanks to Jerry Salmonte’s Facebook Page!) and I would like to coordinate a group of dancers in and around Zurich to participate in this project! What is Project Q about The following description is taken from their website: “The goal of Project Q is to bring Lindy Hoppers from around the globe to illustrate, in a visual way, the power behind future technologies that are based on the laws of quantum mechanics. To pull this off we need your help. The idea is to have different scenes from around the world film themselves dancing [...]

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Random Clips on Friday: Lindy Hop Stop-Motion Animation

Written by on 02.12.2011 · Leave a Comment
Random Clips on Friday: Lindy Hop Stop-Motion Animation | Shuffle Projects

I posted this yesterday on my Facebook Page – and many other Facebook users as well – and it’s so incredibly awesome that I have to continue the unoffical Friday series and post this short clip (only 28 seconds) again. Stop-Motion Animation inspired by Max Pitruzzella & Annie Trudeau Unfortunately, there is no information about the creator (Adam from Canada?). What is Stop-Motion? Stop motion (also known as stop action) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion [...]

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Random Clips on Friday: Lindy Hop Flash Mob at Denver Airport

Written by on 25.11.2011 · Leave a Comment
Random Clips on Friday: Lindy Hop Flash Mob at Denver Airport | Shuffle Projects

Wow, what a cool Flash Mob! Obviously, they put a lot of effort into the choreography. I like the energy of the dancers, it seems they had a lot of fun. Also the filming and editing is very nicely done! Enjoy! Official Denver Airport Holiday Flash Mob Description, taken from YouTube: Holiday travelers at Denver International Airport (DIA) were surprised with an entertaining treat when a flash mob broke out in Jeppesen Terminal on November 22nd, 2011. Approximately 100 dancers from Community-Minded Dance (cmDance) performed a Lindy Hop to a medley of Swing classics in the airport’s Great Hall in [...]

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Swing Dance Competition: Jack & Jill

Written by on 11.11.2011 · Leave a Comment
Swing Dance Competition: Jack and Jill | Shuffle Projects

Last weekend, Stir It! 2011 was happening here in Zurich Switzerland and I was in charge for the Jack & Jill (J&J) competition, which we organized for the third time this year. Many attendees at the weekend started swing dancing just recently and never have heard about Jack & Jill competitions before. I also got asked quite often, why to enter such a competition at all. So, I thought why not writing a post about this topic, in the hope that next year, there will be no doubt about signing up. You have to know, that Swiss people usually are [...]

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Random Clips on Friday: Collegiate Shag

Written by on 04.11.2011 · 1 Comment
Random Clips on Friday: Collegiate Shag | Shuffle Projects

I have the feeling that there is an increasing interest in Collegiate Shag. Do you know how Collegiate Shag looks like? Here are two clips. Arthur Murray’s Collegiate Shag (1937) A compilation with a demonstration of basics of Double Collegiate Shag, a showcase of several dancers and an evening group routine performance. Collegiate Shag by the San Francisco Jitterbugs A mixture of contempary Collegiate Shag dance scenes and some from the clip above. The History of Collegiate Shag Check out this website if you wanna learn more about the history of Collegiate Shag. The front article on the website is [...]

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Shim Sham Flash Mobs in Bern

Written by on 17.10.2011 · Leave a Comment
Shim Sham Flash Mob in Bern

Last Saturday, 15. October 2011, the Lindy Hop association Swing Machine in Bern Switzerland organized two flash mobs at the train station in the middle of the city. Here are the two clips: Shim Sham No. 1 Shim Sham No. 2 I especially like Shim Sham No. 1 because of the location. The destination board in the background is quite impressive. Which one is your favourite? Actually, we should also organize swing flash mobs in Zürich!

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Bal-Swing Out-and-In: New Blog Post and Clip by Nick Williams

Written by on 22.09.2011 · Leave a Comment
Bal-Swing Out and In (Mess around)

Yesterday, Nick Williams published an interesting article about the Out and In in Bal-Swing and how he and his dance geek friends managed to find this missing motion to make their own Bal-Swing look like the oldtimers danced it. Here is the link to the article called “Out and In-terest” Private Lesson Footage with Maxie Dorf “Out and In” Included in the article and also just released on YouTube is this clip This is awesome footage and I’m really happy, Nick is releasing these clips. I especially like Maxie Dorf’s style of sliding. I immediately want to work more on [...]

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Swing Dance Competition: Relative Placement Scoring System

Written by on 10.09.2011 · Leave a Comment
Relative Placement Scoring System | Shuffle Projects

Have you ever wondered how Swing dance competitions are scored? Here is the answer. In this post I would like to explain you a widely accepted scoring system in the Swing dance world called Relative Placement. What is Relative Placement Relative Placement is a scoring system which provides a fair method to value each judge’s subjective vote.  It makes sure that every judge has an equal vote on the end result, no judge has more power than the other one. Consequently, one high or low judge is disregarded and favoritism or bias from a judge is avoided. How does Relative [...]

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Swing Out, Baby, Swing Out!

Written by on 30.08.2011 · Leave a Comment
Swing Out, Baby, Swing Out

No comment! ILHC 2011 – Showcase – Michael Darigol & Brittany Johnson If you enjoyed this post, please tweet, “like”, +1, or share it. Thank you!

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Swing! The Documentary

Written by on 20.07.2011 · Leave a Comment
Swing! The Documentary - Directed by Susan Glatzer

There is a new documentary about Swing dancing coming up: Swing! The Documentary – Directed by Susan Glatzer Watch the trailer: Description of the Documentary SWING! is as diverse and dynamic as the dance it depicts. The film explores the culture surrounding swing dance from the emergence of the Lindy Hop to the modern day international phenomenon. The film analyzes the growth of swing dance from its purely American roots as an art form, to countries all over the world. SWING! also looks at the lives of the swing dancers themselves to find their personal stories and why swing dancing [...]

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