Posted by WCS on March 2, 2009, 11:00 pm, in reply to "Re: West Coast swing v. Country swing"
Once you learn some West Coast Swing you will never be the same. It is the dance that those with the music in their souls reach out to.
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: Wish I had more time to spend on this one!
: West Coast Swing is by reputation the most
: advanced of the Swing dances.
: When it first started out it was called
: "Western Swing". That was in the
: 50s in the LA area.
: Now "Western Swing" is another
: name for "Country Swing", Cowboy
: Swing, OKie Swing, Aggie Swing, and I think
: there are other names for it, too. And those
: are probably all a bit different.
: West Coast has been simplified over the
: years, but it's still a bit harder than East
: Coast Swing.
: If you aren't staying in a slot, if the
: woman isn't walking forward, and you aren't
: "anchoring", you aren't really
: doing West Coast (but there are those who
: would disagree).
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: The first book I've been able to find with
: "Cowboy" swing was written
: during/after the Western craze in the 80s,
: which followed the Disco craze. A lot of the
: moves look the same... Hmmm.... Were they
: doing this stuff before disco???
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: Some people caution women about the arm
: yanking effects of "Cowboy" swing.
: I know two women now who had surgery due to
: torn rotator cuff dance related injuries.
: Although it does happen with other dances,
: it seems more common in Cowboy swing, and
: it's pretty easy to see why.
:
: Country Western dancers in general are a lot
: less interested in rules and definitions
: than are some other dancers.
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