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Australia Routine Interestingness

This is from Mikey Pedroza who seems really intent on doing this on every continent.  It's a routine originally choreographed by Mike Faltesek.

A couple of minor things that caught my eye.  I like the way Rikard Ekstrand recovers from his slip at 0:31. He's also dancing with a woman listed as Ulrika Ericsson, who I think is an old school Rhythm Hot Shot, the forerunner to the Harlem Hot Shots.

Andy Reid loaned me all of his old VHS tapes and I watched a tape from Hop the Millenium which was an event in Mexico City over New Year's 1999-2000.   The Rhythm Hot Shots put on a floor show and they were pretty f'n good even by today's standards.  The Hot Shots in its various incarnations have been a part of this scene since the begining, but it feels like there was a chunk of time around then when they were overlooked here in the US.

Also on that tape is a performance by Rusty Frank and Peter Flahiff from Southern California.  They do a tap dance to a newer version of 24 robbers, but its not Fats Waller.  It sounds really good, but I'm having a little trouble tracking it down.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get all of these videos online when I can.

tags: lindy hop
categories: Dance Commentary
Sunday 02.21.10
Posted by Jerry Almonte
Comments: 3
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