Winter Jump 2020 Laura and Remy to the piano of David Skinner Swing Dance Reaction Videos Lindy Hop
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*****Truth Check*****
There are two questions you must ask when doing anything in Lindy Hop.
1) Why?
2) Based on what standard? (or more bluntly, says who?)
The answer leaves us with only two ultimate inescapable choices:
'Lindy Hop is Good'. Therefore we must approach it humbly and respectfully like every other European and South American partner dance. We must add value to what Shorty George and Mattie Pernell (The originators of Lindy Hop) did without undermining their foundation.
Or for many people today...
'Lindy Hop is Bad'. Therefore we can assume Shorty George and Mattie Pernell's creation was intended to be racist, sexist and non-inclusive toward men and women and needs to be changed. Therefore we (those who didn't create it) get to appropriate whatever we want with their creation to make us personally happy and if any person who believes 'Lindy Hop is good', gets in the way, they should be punished.
This logical conclusion means if we pull from swing history to justify anything we want to do, and ignore the standard set by Shorty and Mattie (the creators of Lindy Hop), then everyone can do whatever they want with Lindy Hop and no one should be upset about anything. We can't have it both ways, and I also believe this thinking is not livable since there is always an ultimate say.
I believe Lindy Hop is good and needs to be respected. Respected means, adding a creative mark on the genre without destroying the foundation. The same applies to any other partner dance not created by us.
For those of you who are unaware that your actions indicate the belief that Lindy Hop is bad and do not want to be hypocrites, I would suggest creating your own dance instead of liberally appropriating any and everything you want with other peoples creations.
Above all, be logically consistent.
Peace,
Jamin
2020 · 521 views