East Coast Swing @ UWO

So awesome!!! I have watched it about 50 times and never get tired of it. I am trying to incorporate some things in my dance moves. THANKS!!!

This looks like soo much fun, I do alot of ballroom dancing, but I have yet to Lindy-hop.

looks more like shag ;)

Welllll done. Fun, fun!! That band sounds so cool. I'm a silver level dancer. We call that on the east coast USA, Jitterbug or even Jive.
East coast swing is the triple steps side to side and then rock. Locations change names maybe. Anyway Thanks, is on my favorites now.

Great job...that was fun to watch.

Nicely done guys

Looks Great !.. wonderful fun! High 5 :)

that was great. im just starting to swing, and my friends do the east coast...so im trying to find videos that i can use to practice at home. nice dancing!

I-Design, nice to hear someone with so much knowledge of swing speak so kindly! I dance and teach Lindy and Balboa, however my 1st 3 years were just what these 2 were doing. I loved it. Seems most of us old hands are not kind to those coming behind us. Glad you are!

That said, the couple in the front has done a fair amount of dancing together (or social dancing), and has what seems to be an excellent sense of connection, styling, and momentum - well done you two :)

They're also throwing in some charleston variations (as in modern lindy charleston, not ballroom/20s charleston), which is very popular in fast modern Lindy, and they also tend to dance it without much attention to a slot (which might make it look a bit like lindy savoy style).

What it looks like they're doing is a stylized version of rock jive (also known as jitterbug, but that name also means other things) - a simpler form dance that is closely related to east coast swing. It differs from east coast swing in that there is no triple step, and it is danced to faster music. These students are simply adding a kick variation instead of stepping to the side on the basic.

Lindy Hop has moves in both six (sugar push) and eight (whip).

No, this isn't lindy. Lindy hop is an 8 count and this is 6.

Looks more like Lindy to me.