I-East Coast Swing

I-Eastern Swing noma i-East Coast Swing (noma i-Swing nje), yavela eLindy Hop futhi mhlawumbe ngumdanso owaziwa kakhulu waseMelika. Izinhlobo ezaziwa kakhulu zeSwing zifaka iCharleston, iBlack Bottom, neShag. Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1940, lezi zinhlobo zahlanganiswa zaba yilokho okwakuthiwa yiLindy.

AbakwaLindy baqale badansa njengesinyathelo sebhokisi esiguquliwe, ngokunyakaza okuncane. Ukunyakaza kokunyakaza kukaLindy wokuqala kungafaniswa nesigqi sanamuhla eSwing. Ngenkathi ukuqhuma, noma isigqi esisodwa kuqhubeka, kwavela kwaba yisikhathi esiphindwe kabili nesiphindwe kathathu uLindy. Namuhla bobathathu bakha isisekelo sokudansa okuhle kweSwing.

Cishe eminyakeni engama-55 eyedlule, uSwing wadanselwa esigabeni saseHarlem se-NYC ngesikhathi lapho izingwazi zomculo ezinjengoChic Webb, uDuke Ellington noBenny Goodman babedumile futhi kulapho umdanso wawuthatha khona izinyathelo nezitayela eziningi zanamuhla.

Sekuyiminyaka eminingi, izikhungo ezingcono zingabhekani nezinhlobo zasendle zokudansa kwe-Swing ngoba ama-acrobatics abandakanyekile anciphisa inani labantu ababekwazi ukudansa ngasikhathi sinye. Kungenzeka kepha, ukwenza umdanso omuhle endaweni encane kakhulu. Akungabazeki ukuthi uSwing ulapha ukuhlala. Kuzo zonke izingxenye zezwe umuntu angathola abadansi bengeza ukuhumusha kwabo kanye nezinguquko kwisitayela. Yonke imidanso, ukuze iphile, kufanele yakhiwe kusuka ekunyakazeni okuqinile okuyisisekelo ukuze ukukhangisa nenkululeko ephelele yokukhuluma kuhumushelwe emdansweni. USwing unalezi zimfanelo. Ukudansa kweSwing kwavuselelwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1990 kuya ekuqaleni kwawo-2000 ngamaqembu anjengeBrian Setzer Orchestra neBig Bad Voodoo Daddy.

I-Swing ngumdanso wasendaweni ongahambisani nolayini womdanso. Ukuchazwa kwesigqi samahhala kuyisici, kusetshenziswa isigqi esisodwa, esiphindwe kabili noma esiphindwe kathathu. Ukunyakaza okuxegayo nokusetshenziswa kokuhamba komzimba okuphezulu nakho kusetshenziselwa ukugqamisa iSwing. Nikeza uFred Astaire Dance Studios ucingo namuhla, futhi usebenzise ngokunenzuzo isipho sethu esikhethekile sesingeniso sabafundi abasha. Uzoba sendleleni eya emdansweni wokuzethemba ngemuva kwesifundo esisodwa nje!