Country Swing vs West Coast Swing

In this video, we'll break down the differences between country swing and West Coast swing. If you're a dance enthusiast looking to learn more about these popular dance styles, this video is for you!

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[brie_wise]

Thank you so much for explaining this! As a WCS dancer, the question of what’s the country swing basic has been perplexingly elusive. Thanks for clearing it up!

[pikatrainer]

Basic time stamps

0:00 Introduction
0:19 West Coast Swing
1:15 County Swing
2:58 Swing dance history
4:33 East Coast Swing
5:20 Jive

[pikatrainer]

Basic time stamps

0:00 Introduction
0:19 West Coast Swing
1:15 County Swing
2:58 ### Swing dance history
4:33 East Coast Swing
5:24 Jive
6:23 Shag

[seriksson]

A historical retrospective is always good. Thanks so much.

[kathysmith]

So great to see you Brian & Miss Emily. Haven't been to class in very long time since I moved to Indiana. Will see you at BIB if you are teaching this year❤❤

[Crackingseen]

Night club two step, Hustle and Lindy just crying in corner 😢

[szililolabu]

this really helped put it in perspective. Super informative. Thanks!

[geraldcharles]

Thank you very much, always informative, I really like the move of the week dance steps you post . Getting pretty good at WCS because of your great teaching videos.
Thanks again.

[bartsullivan]

This is a great video thank you most of which I kind of knew but its good to see it live. Would love to see the difference between Hustle and Country Swing because they look so similar on video and when you dance them.

[GFSwinger]

I wish instructors teaching Country Swing would also teach floorcraft with that dance because those guys are forever busting into the CTSr's line of dance. Just one of my pet peeves.

[evertvandenberghe]

What type of swing has the pattern slow slow quick quick and is danced on faster music than jive, but with many similqir patterns? I thought that was ECS, but clearly from this video it is not…

[blittster]

It’s popular cuz it’s easy and you can go from complete beginner to decently competent in a couple of months, at a bar, while drinking with friends. Good luck doing that with west coast swing 😂

[florianfanderl]

Country swing looks very similar to hustle (or discofox in Germany) to me. Slow is a tap, but the patterns are the same.

[mitalichinmulgund]

Country swing looks very similar to Social jive 🤔 east coast swing is like a milder version of ballroom jive, and then I recently discovered videos of rockabilly jive. . . it is never ending 😂

[maxpower]

Fingers crossed that during this resurgence of country music that artists actually put out good country music but I'm not holding my breathe on that one.. There's just been way too many stupid songs that are supposed to sound emotional I guess but don't.. "dodging potholes In my sunburnt Silverado", "I don't wanna be in a one man band", ... come to mind when I think of songs I've heard playing when I've gone dancing where I'm like "wth is this?"..