Musicality: Solo, Partnered, Choreography, Improvisation - Lindy Hop & Swing Dance

As Lindy Hoppers, our goal is to look like the music sounds. However, there's no one right way to do this, and it can be very difficult to find your individual voice as a dancer. In this video, I go over ideas for musicality in choreography, improvisation, solo, and partner dancing as well as a bit of my own musical evolution, and some great advice I've gotten to help get me where I am. Hope it's helpful! Support my channel by visiting   / lauraglaess   00:00 - Thanks for Joining Me! 01:19 - Being Literal 05:49 - Being General: Structural Musicality 07:35 - Tailored to a Song 09:01 - Countermelody / Collective Improv / Negative Space 10:52 - Putting It All Together 12:26 - Partner Dancing VOCALESE EXAMPLES: Original Solo:    • Coleman Hawkins-Body and Soul   Eddie Jefferson's vocalese:    • Eddie Jefferson - Body And Soul   COLLECTIVE IMPROV:    • Collective Improvisation in New Orleans Jazz   COUNTER MELODY: Charlie Barnett, Cherokee:    • 1939 HITS ARCHIVE: Cherokee - Charlie Barnet   Charlie Barnett, Skyliner:    • Video   STAN GETZ version of Jumpin' with Symphony Sid:    • Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (Live) [1990 Rem...   MUSIC: Intro / Outro: Six Cats and a Prince, by the Brooks Prumo Orchestra Jumpin' with Symphony Sid, by the Brooks Prumo Orchestra http://brooksprumoorchestra.bandcamp.... MERCH: Prints: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lauraglaessart Other: https://lauraglaess.threadless.com/ 50% of the money made from this channel is donated to organizations that support African Diasporic art forms, because Lindy Hop is a Black dance, and preserving and cultivating Blackness is very important to its identity. My current charities are: Black Lindy Hopper's Fund: https://blacklindyhoppersfund.org/ National Jazz Museum in Harlem: https://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/