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Dax HockTips / Fast & Efficient / Blend Charleston & Lindy Hop
Learn how to blend lindy hop and charleston in this masterclass called:
Ease and Excitement: Blending Charleston and Lindy Hop
Your sugar push hand holds might be need some sweetening
Your sugar push hand holds might be need some sweetening.
Understanding on-beat, off-beat syncopations and just plain off-beat
Understanding on-beat, off-beat syncopations and just plain off-beat.
Understanding the “and” and the “ah” when counting swing
Understanding the "and" and the "ah" when counting swing.
How does syncopating footwork affect your partner and when to communicate it
How does syncopating footwork affect your partner and when to communicate it.
Improve your around the world charleston posture and movement
Improve yoru around the world charleston posture and movement.
Use better angles to improve your lindy hop swing out and circle
Use better angles to improve your lindy hop swing out and circle.
What the “f” does dancing behind the beat mean?
What the "f" does dancing behind the beat mean?.
Syncopation is more than a rhythm change, its a aesthetic
Syncopation is more than a rhythm change, its a aesthetic.
Don’t just slap the knee, engage the whole body
Don't just slap the knee, engage the whole body.
You can fake the shapes but you can’t fool a critical eye
You can fake the shapes but you can't fool a critical eye.
Get a better twist by not blocking hip rotation with moving your arms to far
Get a better twist by not blocking hip rotation with moving your arms to far.
How to get into counter balance with out stressing your partner
How to get into counter balance with out stressing your partner.
Increase your creativity and style by playing with repeating steps
Increase your creativity and style by playing with repeating steps.
My (Technical) Evolution with Dax Hock
A memoire of all the interesting stuff that I learned on my journey with Dax.
The Things We Forget When Pursuing Styling
Sometime we try and add style to our dancing but forget these essentials.
Do You Know Who’s Really Leading?
The labels we get stuck with don't necessarily do a good job of explaining what is really going on, at least in our dancing.
ALEXIS JUSTMANHow to Practice (Without Arguing)
If you want to improve, you gotta practice, but if you can't do so nicely, the results are going to be hard to acquire. Dancing is a team effort, so you need to really work on your team work if you expect to improve.
Leaders, you might be leading your forward swing out a bit wanky
Leaders, you might be leading your forward swing out a bit wanky.
Followers: How To Stay Empowered In Your Learning Experience
Sometimes classes really suck for followers, but they don't have too. Here are some tips to take control of your learning experience.
Basic Swing
Pretty soon this post will become a great dance demonstration and description for the Swing Dance style called Basic Swing. Until then, we recommend checking out our Basic Swing – Level 1 course to learn more and...
Solo Jazz
Pretty soon this post will become a great dance demonstration and description for the Swing Dance style called Solo Jazz. Until then, we recommend checking out our Solo Charleston Fundamentals and the Solo Jazz Steps in...
Lindy Hop
The granddaddy of all swing dance styles. Lindy Hop is both playful and sophisticated. This dance provides a lot of opportunity for improvisation, freestyle, and rule breaking. Learn more...
Charleston
Pretty soon this post will become a great dance demonstration and description for the Swing Dance style called Charleston. Until then, we recommend checking out our Charleston Lindy Fundamentals, or Solo Charleston...
Balboa
Pretty soon this post will become a great dance demonstration and description for the Swing Dance style called Balboa. While we don’t yet have our Balboa Fundamentals up, it will be part of our new foundation...
Our player now supports front and back angles switching
In this video, we are testing out the front and back angle style of filming and the feature on the player. When available, you will see a little video icon in the player toolbar. Click the button to switch angles.
New player, better organization, faster server, and a plan for progressive learning
How about a killer update that is long overdue? If you have been with us for the past year, our sincerest thanks for sticking around through this rough patch. If you are new, great timing on deciding to join the fun...
The new foundation program, coming 2019
Let’s face it, the #1 weak point in our content offering has been for the total beginner to intermediate-advanced. We never made content for this level since the majority of our users were advanced students that...