Bianca Locatelli & Nils Andrén in the Invitational Strictly at ILHC 2023
With ILHC returning this year, I thought this would be a good opportunity to take you behind the scenes of one specific type of contest: The Strictly Lindy Hop divisions.
Lauren Fosnight and Hanna Yanello performing Bensons Bounce on Friday night.
After six months of deliberation and voting, it has been determined that this is the Best Lindy Hop Performance of the 21st Century.
Last week, I made a case for each of the five finalists for the final round of voting for Best Lindy Hop of the 21st Century over on my Facebook page and my new substack. I’m putting them all here in one post for easy reference.
Nathan Bugh and Gaby Cook
A side discussion to the the Best Lindy Hop of the 21st Century.
Tyler Fullwood takes a bow in the Junior Division, ILHC 2017
The complete list of everyone who nominated videos for The Best Lindy Hop of the 21st Century including their picks and some interesting commentary about their thought process. Also a link to my super secret spreadsheet that I've been using to track everything for the past 6 months for all of you super nerdy people out there.
Hellablacklindyhop at ILHC 2019
The list of videos that were nominated for the best Lindy Hop of the 21st Century, but did not make the voting round.
Getting up close and personal with Frida & Skye at ILHC 2017
We have the results for the different categories for the best in Lindy Hop of the 21st Century, but which one is the actual top performance?
Felix Berghäll & Naomi Uyama - ILHC 2018 - Invitational Lindy Hop Draw
As you may know by now, when people submitted nominations for this project, they were given the option of also providing supporting commentary. Not everyone did it, but below are some interesting comments to give more context to these elections improvised social dances.
When people sent in nominations for this best lindy hop video project, some of them also included some thoughts which I have compiled here to give people some context before casting their votes for this category next Monday.