learn to lindy hop

With the right song and the right partner and the right mood, I can get the basic steps down pretty well. I was actually doing quite well with this last week. But then I tried it again this week at our dance group and was really screwing the pooch. I don’t know why, but I just couldn’t feel the steps. I might have been overthinking the moves. I know that I’m a better dancer when I don’t consciously count out the steps, but rather just feel the rhythms and respond naturally with the steps. Maybe next week.

This is the hardest dance I’ve ever tried to learn. I took a 6-week Lindy Hop class six months ago and got the basic steps, but I still look like a rhino on roller skates. It’s the timing that kills me. Triple step, triple step, back step. What’s so hard? It’s just an 8-count move with variations. Every week when I go to my swing dance class, I practice this with several of the fellows that also attend. I still stink at it. But it looks SO great when it’s done by couples who are good at it. I love watching dancers who can really lindy hop well. I’ll keep trying it.