Swing yoNxweme oluseMpuma
I-Swing yaseMpuma okanye i-East Coast Swing (okanye i-Swing nje), yavela kwi-Lindy Hop kwaye yeyona ndawo idumileyo yomdaniso waseMelika. Iifom ezaziwa kakhulu zeSwing zibandakanya iCharleston, iBlack Bottom, kunye neShag. Ekuqaleni kwee-1940, ezi fom zadityaniswa zaza zabizwa ngokuba ziiLindy.
ULindy waqala wangqungqwa njengenyathelo lebhokisi eguqulweyo, ngokuhamba kancinci. Ukuhamba okungxamisekileyo kweLindy yoqobo kungafaniswa nesingqisho esinye sanamhlanje kwiSwing. Njengoko ukuntywila, okanye isingqisho esinye kuqhubela phambili, savela saphindaphindeka kathathu uLindy. Namhlanje zontathu ezi zinto zakha isiseko sokudanisa okuhle kweSwing.
Malunga neminyaka engama-55 eyadlulayo, uSwing wadaniswa kwicandelo laseHarlem le-NYC ngexesha apho ii-greats ezinje ngeChic Webb, uDuke Ellington kunye noBenny Goodman babedumile kwaye kulapho umdaniso uthathe uninzi lwamanyathelo aziwayo kunye nesimbo.
Kwiminyaka emininzi, amaziko angcono agxibha kwiifom zokuntywila kwe-Swing kuba ii-acrobatics zibandakanya umda kwinani labantu abanokudanisa ngaxeshanye. Kuyenzeka nangona kunjalo, ukwenza umdaniso ococekileyo kwindawo encinci. Akukho mbuzo wokuba u-Swing ulapha ukuhlala. Kuzo zonke iindawo zelizwe umntu unokufumana abadanisi bongeza ukutolika kunye notshintsho kwisitayile. Yonke imidaniso, ukuze uphile, kufuneka yakhiwe ukusuka kumbutho osisiseko oqinileyo ukuze ukunxiba kunye nenkululeko epheleleyo yokuthetha itolikwe kumdaniso. Ujingi unazo ezi mpawu. Ukudanisa okujingiweyo kwavuselelwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 ukuya pha ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000 ngamaqela afana neBrian Setzer Orchestra kunye neBig Bad Voodoo Daddy.
Ujingi ngumdaniso webala ongahambeliyo kumgca wokudanisa. Ukutolikwa kwesingqi sasimahla luphawu, kusetyenziswa isingqisho esinye, esiphindwe kabini okanye esithathu. Ukuhamba ngokukhululeka kunye nokusetyenziswa kwendlela ephezulu yomzimba kukwasetyenziselwa ukuqaqambisa ukuShukuma. Nika uFred Astaire Dance Studios umnxeba namhlanje, kwaye usebenzise isingeniso sethu esikhethekileyo sokwazisa abafundi abatsha. Uya kuba usiya kudanisa ngokuzithemba emva kwesifundo esinye!