How to Swing Dance for Beginners - Part 2: 6 Count Footwork - Music Training video

Introduction to 6 Count Swing:

6 count swing is a great starting place. Get dancing quickly with this series of basic steps, rhythm, connection and moves. Many great modern Lindy Hoppers started with 6 count in their first classes to get oriented and comfortable on the dance floor.

Moves learned in this lesson:

6 count basic (rhythm and footwork)
The jockey
Tuck Turn
Pass by
Pull in
Cuddle
Leader Sneak

Songs used in this lesson:

“Sandu,” “Harlem Swing” and “Jumping at the Woodside” – Hot Sugar Band

[everysingleone]

Ok, I’ve now done this video 40 times in a month. When you turn “inside” it is towards your mystical partner! Took me 25 tries before I could do the turns and another 10 to be smooth-ish and upright. I can only do this video 5x in a row before sweating very inelegantly.

I did a crazy thing and have signed up for lessons. They are 55 minutes long. I may not survive. If I do, I’ll report back on whether this practice helped!

I want to thank these two for posting this series. It has been really fun trying to keep up with them!

[everysingleone]

Had my first Lindy lesson last night. THIS VIDEO HELPED! They taught the same steps and told us all that these were absolutely key to learning the Lindy. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS VIDEO and series if you don’t have lessons where you live.
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[positivelybeautiful]

Wow, thank you very much for teaching us to dance. Thank you for sharing love, that is your talents of dancing. You both have true compassion, the caring of others, especially with us strangers. Thank you. I’m 53 and I always want to learn to do this style of dancing!

[maxm]

Love this way of learning. Great idea to break the different sides...!

[mikesully]

Really helping me out. Thanks for this. I appreciate the fact that you're using the same basic steps that you used in the first video. Now to practice this for the rest of the day.

[tkonclown]

Awesome video! Exactly what I need to practice for muscle memory.

[birch]

I love you both. I want to do this too. It looks fun.

[jshuag]

There is a 'learning' gap between your part 1 and part 2 videos. Part 1 is a single element video and part 2 is multiple elements put together. I'm a middle aged man trying to figure this out with my wife in the dining room while the kids are sleeping and we are lost.

[zandra]

I'm counting 8 steps, how is this a 6 count?

[Danielle-txes]

not sure about inside..is it to my left

[everysingleone]

I’m just going side to side over and over before I deserve to turn….

[davidrose]

guys, got to hold your arms up while practicing LOL