The “Love Me Or Leave Me Routine” by Minnie’s’ Moochers was probably the first significant routine of the modern era for a few reasons. First was the venue: the 1999 American Lindy Hop Championships. This was a time when there were still very few exclusively Lindy Hop events, and ALHC (only the second year of the event) attracted the attention of the bulk of the dancers in the community whether or not they attended. More after the jump
ILHC 2008 Video Compilation: Advanced and Open Jack & Jill divisions
ILHC 2008 Jack & Jill madness. Click here for videos
ILHC 2008 Video Compilation: Classic Division
ILHC 2008 Classic division video goodness.
Hip Hop and International Relations Theory
Just wanted to take a moment to point out a few fun yet educational links for all you hip hop fans curious about international relations theory. It starts off with a blog by author, professor, and director of the Institute of Middle East Studies here in DC, Marc Lynch, killing time by with his blog on ForeignPolicy.com entitled "Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate." It's a simple yet brilliant explanation of some basic concepts using feuds between various rappers as examples.
ILHC 2008 Video Compilation: Junior & Pro-Am Divisions
ILHC Junior and Pro-Am Division videos here
ILHC 2008 Video Compilation: Open Strictly Lindy Hop
Videos of the ILHC Open Strictly Lindy Hop division found herein
Review: "Frenesi" Routine by Naomi Uyama & Matt Smiley at ALHC 2001
My original intention when I started my Lindy Hop paper a couple of years ago was to talk about some of my favorite routines and why I liked them. Circumstances led me in a slightly different direction which ended up becoming the “Artisry In Rhythm” paper that I’m now posting bit by bit. The routine that I’m going to talk about was done by Naomi Uyama and Matt Smiley both originally from the Washington, DC area. They performed a routine to Artie Shaw’s “Frenesi” at the 2001 American Lindy Hop championships.
ILHC 2008 Video Compilation-Team Division
ILHC Team Division-Come and get it!
ILHC 2008 Video Compilation: Champions' Strictly Lindy Hop
This is part of a series of posts gathering up all the choice online footage from the 2008 International Lindy Hop Championships. This post features the Champions Strictly Lindy Division. This year’s ILHC is happening on August 27-30, 2009 and you can register at www.ILHC.com.
Artistry In Rhythm Pt. 2: Battle Royale
The first serious public discussion about the dance itself is also probably the community’s most infamous. That would be the debate triggered by Ryan Francois’s opposition to the 1999 World Lindy Hop Championships.
It was the first world championship held in America, held at the height of the dance’s revival, and its possible significance escaped no one. The controversy was over the fact that the championship was operating under the umbrella of the World Rock & Roll Confederation and the perception that they would impose strict regulations upon the contest that would negatively impact the dance and its community. [1]