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<blockquote data-quote="blargney the second" data-source="post: 3429497" data-attributes="member: 14678">That's a fun idea!&nbsp; With modern swing dancers, you'd probably get the most recognizability from Lindy Hop, Charleston, and Balboa.Lindy Hop: both people are in an athletic, sporty stance.&nbsp; Heavy use of rhythm, particularly syncopated footwork.&nbsp; It looks like one person is orbiting the other, and lots of ground is covered.&nbsp; One side of their bodies is connected left hand to right hand, and the other alternates between right hand to shoulder blade and no contact at all.Charleston: athletic stance with a steady pulse.&nbsp; Lots of kicks and sometimes wobbly knees.&nbsp; Contact is often in one of three positions: side by side with one person's right arm around the other's waist, facing roughly towards each other, or in tandem with both facing the same direction with one standing behind the other.Balboa: upright posture and chest to chest contact.&nbsp; Intricate footwork right underneath their bodies that moves very quickly and sometimes a fun zippy spinny orbiting effect.-blargps - The best part is that I opened this thread while I was DJing our dance tonight. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="blargney the second, post: 3429497, member: 14678"] That's a fun idea! With modern swing dancers, you'd probably get the most recognizability from Lindy Hop, Charleston, and Balboa. Lindy Hop: both people are in an athletic, sporty stance. Heavy use of rhythm, particularly syncopated footwork. It looks like one person is orbiting the other, and lots of ground is covered. One side of their bodies is connected left hand to right hand, and the other alternates between right hand to shoulder blade and no contact at all. Charleston: athletic stance with a steady pulse. Lots of kicks and sometimes wobbly knees. Contact is often in one of three positions: side by side with one person's right arm around the other's waist, facing roughly towards each other, or in tandem with both facing the same direction with one standing behind the other. Balboa: upright posture and chest to chest contact. Intricate footwork right underneath their bodies that moves very quickly and sometimes a fun zippy spinny orbiting effect. -blarg ps - The best part is that I opened this thread while I was DJing our dance tonight. :) [/QUOTE]

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