Lau Mo said:I don't know anything about Lindy Hop, so this thread is really informative. I love Dancing with the Stars, but it is disappointing that they were inaccurate. It was still entertaining in my opinion though.
I am not a big fan of most modern dancing, ballroom dancing as it is now done, as well as this type of rework of older dances. mainly because it becomes very upright, prancy, jazz dancy, and broadway showy. I much prefer to watch traditional cha cha cha, for example, as opposed to the big glitzy dance style it has become. But that is to be expected. You can't take experienced broadway and ballroom dancers and expect them to change everything they know about dance, posture, etc and capture a dance taht was done by people with an entirely different vocabulary of posture and movement.
On the other hand, my friend Min, in LA did dancing with the stars years ago. I am not sure in what capacity. he is one of the best contemporary, traditional style lindy and balboa dancers around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYsW7vsXEX8