[Tango-L] Tango & Swing

[larrynla@juno.com]

Swing was my first love.  I learned the rock-and-roll version when I 
was fifteen from a waitress at my uncle's honky-tonk in Texas, between 
school's letting out and the beginning of happy hour.  I kept coming 
back to it over the years, learning west-coast swing when I moved to 
California.  I never warmed to the Lindy, Jitterbug, and Fast Jive 
versions, though I did dabble in the Balboa, which as very tightly 
contained and slightly slower version of the Lindy.

I hate to see people try to combine the two, though I'd never try to 
keep others from trying it by sneering at them or snubbing them.  The 
two dances are just too far apart for my taste.

But I just now stumbled upon a couple who succeeded at a (sort of) 
fusion of them.  Though I'm not sure fusion is correct.  The two 
dancers basically switch between the two forms, maybe borrowing a move 
or two from one dance in the other.  But whatever they are doing, it 
sure is entertaining!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIlTrXjTrs


Larry de Los Angeles
http://ShapechangerTales.com



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