Title: Swing Dancers from Mars
Product review: Whenever anyone says, "THE Swing", run for the hills! This tape perfectly captures the way the commercial ballroom studios have ruined this African-American dance. The lilting "Cuban hips" on the guy look laughably effeminate. The dancers repeat a variety of affected gestures---the woman's arm slide across her abdomen, the arms suspended in the air. The horror is that you actually see people at clubs dancing this way, who poured good money into these studios. To really learn the Swing dance that was created by thousands of people in Harlem in the 20s-40s, get the videos by Frankie Manning or Steven Mitchell.
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