Lindy Hop Instructional

Daniel and Gaby ( 123 )
Daniel Newsome and Gabriella Cook present a course of Lindy Hop with over 40 hours of guided instruction. With step-by-step instruction, they clearly and brilliantly outline both the structure, and the "improvisational magic" that is the popular, original swing dance known as Lindy Hop, which is danced in every city and country in the world, by thousands of people.

Elements of Swing The Rock Step The Triple Step Replace Step Anchored Triple Travelling Swivels Basic Frame More Triple Concepts 8-count Movements The Swing Out Inside Turn Outside Turn Reverse Basic Inside Out Basic Inside Turn On One The Reverse Jerk The Basket Basket w/ Turn Connected Basket Guy Turn Basket Whirligig Slips outs Suprise Arm Grab Swing Out to 1920's Charleston (Pop transition) Soul Slide Styling the 8 Count Kicks Away Heels Under-rotated Basic Scissors Shakin Change Charleston Basic Slip Slop Basic Stomp Off The Popout Lowdown Wheel Slide Follows Windmill Style Dean's Basic Slide-out Swing Out Closed To Open Double Spin Guy Swing Out Guy Swing Out Variation J-hook Angela's Apache Lasso Nicholas Brothers Transition Excercises Turning Stopping Momentum Pass Feeling Centers Frame Matching Connecting on a scale Creating Frame with Shoulders Following with eyes Closed Rubber Band Bellies Accent Girl Charleston Breaks Continuous 1-2 The Bow Spins and Balances

6 Count Movements Pass left Right Side Pass Tuck Turns Send Outs Jotso's Frankie's Pop Mini Dip Sugar Push Pop Turn The Power Turn Barrel Turns Open To Closed 8 Count Circle 6 Count Circle Angela's Circle 4 count -out Double Spin In Reverse and Pullback The Windmill turn Closed To Tandem S-turn Double Spin Boing Boing Close Shoulder Grab Grab and Reverse Closed to Closed Waltz Step Graucho Under arm turn Frankie Skips Charleston Paddle to the left Grapevine Rhythm Changes Triple triple The Barrelhouse KBC Switches J-Hook Apache Stuff Basic Apache Turn Apache with Extra turn Reverse Apache Apache to Skaters Roll To Closed Monster Move Apache With Guys Turn He goes shes goes (6 ct) Skater's turn (around the body) Travelling Charleston Entering Travel The Basic X-over Transition Guy In Front Travel Performance Entrance Cuddle Travel With Roll Out Exit with Stop Gaze-a-far exit

Side-by-Side Charleston All About Charleston Broken Kicks Away Savoy Kicks Kicks Up Reverse Kick Up Kick Behinds Led Scarecrow Kick Throughs Motown / Spring Back Gush Turn Johnny's Suprise Cross Suzy-Q Charleston Drunken Charleston Shorty George Tandem Charleston Basic Tandem Frankie Points In Tandem Winshield wiper Girl Turn Both Turn Switchblade Tandem Roll Right, and Roll left Guy moves in from Girl moves in front Trade sides Trade sides with turn First Stop Jump up to Drunken Charleston 1920's Charleston Basic More Basics Lindy Style Kicks Sweeps and circles Break Steps Turning Basic (Breakaway) Push out Turn Turn with Guys spin Break to pecks Bunny hops Paddle Turns Inside passthrough Roll in from open Partner Jump Charleston Entrance from boomerang charleston Jockey entrance Fast Turn Open To Tandem 4 Count Entrance David's Spin Flying Entrance Rolling Entrance Tandem To Open Double Spin Butterfly Exit Push Out Roll Back to Closed

Jig Walk Basic Jig Walk Closed Jigs Low Jigs vs High Jigs Insid Turn Outside turn Jig Flip Blues Rhythms Touch and Go Walking Blues Walking Lunge Chase Steps Drags Strut Mooch Slow Drag Fishtail Hip Rolls Latin Rolls Snake Hips Touch Behind Slow Movements Kickout to Ocho Shase Kick Off Passby and wrap-up "Unclassifiable Lindy" The Lindy Tango Drags Sailor Step Switches Savoy Spin 20's slide back Swing Kicks Pirouette David's Passby Three Wall Whip Hand-to-hand Charleston Apache->Hand-to-Hand Fast Turn->hand-to-hand Tandem->Hand-To-Hand The intentional miss Breaks steps Grapevines Styling options Delay kicks Money Grabbers Intentional misses Power turn Other Charleston Elbow Grab Charleston Swing Out Charleston Swing Out Variations Dalmo Charleston One Legged Charleston Chase Charleston The Chainsaw Squat Charleston The Sake

DVDs About Lindy Hop

       

Blues

Basics

Walking Blues Touch and Go Touch Behind Blues Lunge Chase Steps Kickout to Ocho Side Lunge

Various Blues Classes

06/09/09 Blues Series Part 1 06/16/09 Blues Series Part 2 06/23/09 Blues Series Part 3 09/08/09 Beginning Blues @ Waid's 10/14/09 Blues at Waids 11/18/09 Blues at Waids

SSC

12/19/09 Dan and Kelly Demo After Class 12/19/09 Dan and Kelly Demo Basic Ballroomin Steps 12/23/09 Dan and Gaby Demo Jookin Steps 03/18/10 Dan and Gaby Basic Blues at the Abbey Class Review : Vintage Blues Dips

DVDs About Lindy Hop

       

Weekly Classes

Daniel and Various, Weekly Topics
Routines, techniques and ideas, updated weekly. Teachers, titles and length vary

Class Reviews

Performance Team

07/06/09 Beg / Intermediate Charleston 07/13/09 The Trankey Do, Counts 07/27/09 Beginning Shag 08/03/09 Intermediate Lindy @ Sonny's 08/24/09 Swing Out Tune Up 08/31/09 Intermediate Lindy @ Sonny's 09/07/09 Beginning Balboa / Bal/Swing @ Sonny's 09/14/09 Intermediate Balboa at Sonny's 09/21/09 1920's Charlestons at Sonny's 09/21/09 Intermediate Lindy at Sonny's 10/13/09 Advanced Charleston at Sonny's 10/19/09 Beginner 1920s Charleston at Sonny's 10/26/09 Frankie Manning Moves / Class Review Daniel and Gaby Review A Basic Charleston Class Daniel and Gaby Intermediate Charleston Class Daniel and Gaby Review Beg / Int Charleston Class Daniel and Gaby Intermediate Styling Moves Daniel and Gaby Teach Basic 6 Count Review of The First Half of The California Routine Daniel and Gaby Teach Basic Balboa + 2 Moves Daniel and Gaby Beg / Int Charleston Daniel and Gaby Intermediate Lindy Routine Daniel and Gaby Travelling Charleston 12/21/09 Dan / Gaby Intermediate Lindy 12/21/09 Dan / Gaby Sugar Pushes 12/29/09 Dan / Gaby 6 Count Swing 12/29/09 Dan / Gaby Jazz Steps in Lindy 12/31/09 Dan / Gaby Intermediate Lindy

06/09/09 Stops From the Back Angle 06/09/09 Stops From the Front Angle 06/11/09 Big Apple (Original) 06/16/09 Big Apple Second Half, Counts 06/16/09 California Routine Part 1 06/23/09 California Routine Part 1 & 2 08/11/09 "Stompin At The Savoy" Phrase 2

DVDs About Lindy Hop

       

Archives

Routines, techniques and ideas, updated weekly. Teachers, titles and length vary.

Mercuy Cafe	Other
Class Review : 11/14/2006 Intermediate Lindy Hop Class Review : 11/21/06 Dan Tiff Int Lindy Class Review : 01/02/07 Intermediate Lindy Class Review : 1/23/2007 Class Review Class Review : 1/30/07 Intermediate Lindy Class Review : 1/30/07 Intermediate Lindy Class Review : 2/13/07 Intermediate Lindy Class Review : 2/27/07 Intermediate Lindy

DVDs About Lindy Hop

       

Weekly Classes

Daniel and Various, Weekly Topics
Routines, techniques and ideas, updated weekly. Teachers, titles and length vary.

Sonnys	Waids / Abbey
01/04/10 Dan and Gaby Intermediate Lindy Styling 01/10/10 Dan and Gaby Review Basic Balboa 01/18/10 Dan and Gaby Intermediate Balboa 01/25/10 Dan and Gaby / Basic Series Part 3 02/02/10 Dan and Gaby / Extreme Styling 02/22/10 Dan and Gaby Essential Charleston 03/01/10 Dan and Gaby "Surprising turns" 03/08/10 Dan and Gaby "Stretch and Pulse" 3/21/10 Dan / Kelly Breakaway 3/21/10 Dan / Kelly Intermediate 3/22/10 Dan / Gaby Styling 3/22/10 Dan / Gaby Beginners Series 3/29/10 Dan / Gaby Shag 1 04/05/10 Dan / Gaby Sugar Pushes 04/12/10 Dan / Gaby Lead Follow 04/19/10 Dan / Gaby 8 Count Moves 04/26/10 Dan / Gaby Beginner Series Review 04/26/10 Dan / Gaby Jazzin' up Your Lindy Hop 05/03/10 Dan / Gaby Intermediate Choreography 5/03/10 Dan / Gaby Int. Choreo w/ Music 5/10/10 Dan / Gaby Int. Choreo w/ Music Class Review : Dan and Gaby Intermediate Choreography Day 4	01/05/10 Dan and Gaby Waid's In Class 01/05/10 Dan and Gaby / Drag Blues Series Part 1 01/06/10 Dan and Gaby / Beginning Soul 01/12/10 Dan and Gaby / Drag Blues Part 2 01/12/10 Dan and Kelly / Basic Blues 01/13/10 Dan and Gaby / Blues Lifts 01/19/10 Dan and Gaby / Blues Series Part 3 01/26/10 Dan and Gaby / Blues Series Part 4 01/28/10 Dan and Gaby Teach Intro to West Coast Swing 04/28/10 Dan and Gaby Teach Intro to Blues at Waids Class Review : Waids Blues

Traveling

02/18/10 Dan and Gaby Balboa in Munich 02/18/10 Dan and Gaby Lindy Hop in Munich 02/19/10 Dan and Gaby Blues in Munich 03/07/10 Dan and Gaby BYU Fast Lindy Hop 03/07/10 BYU Charleston Routine Class Review : Moves That Flow Class Review : Slow Swing Class Review : Performance Routine Block 1&2 Class Review : Performance Routine Block 3&4 Class Review : Omaha Performance Routine Block 5&6 Class Review : Omaha Performance Routine Block 7&8 Class Review : 5 Rules of Charleston Class Review : Beantown Dips and Tricks

DVDs About Lindy Hop

       

Korea Classes

Daniel and Various
Class Reviews from my Korea Classes

Lindy Hop Intermediate

Blues And Related Topics

4/18/09 Daniel and Jessica (Fast Lindy) 4/19/09 Daniel and Hush (Int. Lindy) 4/20/09 Daniel and JiHye (Building Basics) 4/23/09 Everything Tandem Pt. 1 with Jessica 4/24/09 Bounce and Stretch w/ Daniel/Jessica 4/25/09 Fast Lindy (no music) w/ Daniel/Jessica 4/25/09 Fast Lindy (music) w/ Daniel/Jessica 4/26/09 Intermediate Lindy w/ Daniel/Ji-Sun 4/27/09 Daniel / JiHye Spins and Turns 4/30/09 Everything Tandem Part 2 with Jessica 5/02/09 Fast Lindy with Daniel & Jessica 5/03/09 Slow Lindy with Daniel & Hush 5/04/09 Intermediate Lindy with Daniel & JiHye 5/05/09 Shag with Daniel and Hush 5/05/09 Solo Charleston with Daniel 05/07/2009 Daniel / Jessica Travelling Charleston 05/09/09 Fast Lindy Hop with Daniel / Jessica 05/10/09 Daniel / Hush Moves from the Greats 5/10/09 Dan / JiHye Soul vs Charleston (Soul) 5/10/09 Dan / JiHye Soul vs Charleston (Charleston) 5/16/09 Dan / Hush Choreography Class Performance 5/13/09 Dan and Jessica - Extinct Charleston Moves

4/21/09 Vintage Blues Class with Jessica 4/28/09 Juke Joint Blues with Daniel/Jessica 4/28/09 Daniel / JiHye Social Dancing Blues

Jitterbug

Daniel and Various ( 19 )
Are you totally new to dancing? These videos are the easiest place to start with Swing Dancing.

Basics and Lead / Follow Technique	Vocabulary
The Rock Step The Triple Step 6 Count Basics

DVDs About Jitterbug

Jazz Movement

Dan and Friends
Learn common Jazz Movements of the 1930s and 40s. These lessons can often be completed in any order, but difficulty levels do vary.

Solo Jazz	Solo Charleston	Tap Dance
Shorty George Boogie Forward Boogie Back Snake Hips Half Break Cross Behinds Fall Off The Log Eagle Slide Tabby the Cat Break Class Review : Sausages	Squat Charleston Scarecrow Charleston	10/26/09 Review of the BS Chorus Class How to "Shuffle" Heel exercise Paddle and Roll Cramp Roll Five Count Riff Single Time Step

Tranky Doo	Big Apple	Shim Shams
Tranky Do Phrase 1 Tranky Do Phrase 2 Tranky Do Phrase 3 Tranky Do Phrase 4 Tranky Do Phrase 5 Tranky Do Phrase 6 Tranky Do Phrase 7 Tranky Do Phrase 8 Tranky Do Phrase 9 & 10 Tranky Do Phrase 11 & 12 Tranky Do Follow Along	Big Apple Phrase 0 Big Apple Phrase 1 Big Apple Phrase 2 Big Apple Phrase 3 Big Apple Phrase 4 Big Apple Phrase 5 Big Apple Phrase 6 Big Apple Phrase 7 Big Apple Phrase 8 Big Apple Phrase 9 Big Apple Phrase 10 Big Apple Phrase 11 Big Apple Phrase 12 Big Apple Phrase 13 Big Apple Phrase 14 Big Apple Follow Along Spirit Moves Big Apple 23 Skidoo at LindyFest Ninjammers @ GSDF 06/11/09 Big Apple (Original) Dan on YouTube Follow Along	Shim Sham Step #1 Shim Sham Step #2 Shim Sham Step #3 Shim Sham Step #4 Shim Sham Follow Along Class Follow Along

Aerials

Daniel and Various outline a number of classic aerials, breaking down the preperations, the pitfalls, and how to spot end execute the aerial. This course is designed to introduce you to aerials, or to add that amazing trick for your next swing competition or performance.

Please take precautions, and start with the easier aerials and develop trust with your partner, and always always use a spotter.

Level 1 Tricks and Base Moves	Level 2 Supported Flips	Level 3 Free Landings	Level 4 Advanced Entrances and Exits
Stretching for Aerials Pre-Aerials Training Frog Jump Slow Aerial The Agitator Flying Squirell Baby Waterfall The Boat Candle Stick Coathanger Fallback Figure 4 The Flail and Variations Hip Roll Merry Go Round Split Kick Slide Through Legs The Stack The Chair Flare Over Shoulder Thread the Needle Tick Tock Tower of Doom The Windmill	Acid Drop Baby Drop Charleston Backflip Guy's Arm Backflip Handstand / Pancake The Idle-Roll Moons Sideways Waterfall Dive Through The Record Spin Dive Through Treehouse Trip Flip	Back to Back Roll Blue Outlaw Coochie Flip Cradle Flip Frida Flip The Ghost Catcher Handstand with Backflip Handstand with Over The Head Hat Trick Horse Knickbocher Lindy Backflip Lindy Flip Lindy Flip w/ Snatch Nick Flip Over the Head Sugar Hill Sunshine The Fly Crunch Flip	Charleston Front Flip Ace In The Hole Around the Neck Big Wheel Double Blue Outlaw The Fromage Kaye Flip Monsters Ninja Flip Shake Around The Alyce Shake Around The "Idelwild" The Skidoo-wild Flying Lotus

DVDs About Aerials

Vintage Videos

Vintage Videos

Event Footage

Savoy Ballroom, Etc Vintage : Hellzapoppin Mama Lou Parks and her Parkettes Pie Pie Blackbird with the Nicholas Brothers Reefer Madness Dance Clip Ernie Smith Jazz es After Seben One Man Dance (Original) Peter Vera and Rupie Vintage Clip In a Jazz Way - The Making of the Spirit Moves Classic Ballroomin' Tops and Wilder Lindy Routine Cottontail (Original) Bill Robinson Stair Dance Unknown Tap Duo Cole and Atkins Slow Softshoe Honi Coles from "Cotton Club" Nicholas Brothers in Down Argentine Way New Orleans Second Line Blackbottom Scene from Hallelujah Roger Tilton's Film on Swing Fats Waller - Joint is Jumpin Old Blues Footage Old Charleston Footage Vintage : Cab Calloway Za Zu Zay

Promotional Video 1 for Daniel Newsome in Korea Promotional Video 2 for Daniel Newsome in Korea Dan and Gaby Perform for Swing-a-ma-jig's Fundraiser Uptown Throwdown at Lindy Bout 4 23 Skidoo's Demo Reel Bill Haley Rock and Roll Clip 23 Skidoo's 2007 Routine Event Footage : Sweethearts of Rhythm at Swing Kids Dance 5/15 Event Footage : Uptown Throwdown at UW Swing Kids Dance Event Footage : Dan and Gabys Intermediate Class Performs Hollywood / Post 1940 Ghost Catchers Mad Youth George and Freda Clips Tabby the Cat Vintage : Undecided Vintage : A Short Clip of Dancing Vintage : Groovie Movie Vintage : Glenn Miller Short Vintage : All The Cats Join In

Balboa / Shag / Etc

Shag / Balboa	Interviews
Intro To Balboa The Come Around The Spike Turn Collegiate Shag Shag Kicks Shag Breaks	Peter Loggins Interview Dwight Lupardis Interview