Lindy Showdown - Final Battle - William & Maeva vs. Chance & Giselle
This video is better quality than the one I took, though I wish it were at a different angle. Droid’s HD camera is no match for low-light settings.
There’s so much in this competition video to talk about. Chance & Giselle were the lowest seed from the double elimination battles earlier in the day, so to get up to this point, they had to dance against the other finalists until reaching this point. I’m not sure what that tournament format is called—king of the hill? Anyway.
What my girlfriend and I realized about this battle was that while both couples are dancing Lindy hop, but it looks so different between the two. William & Maeva have a practiced, very clean, and very upright style fusing elements of Lindy and boogie woogie together, and Chance & Giselle instead imbue a more raw and naturalistic style akin that leans toward a grittier aesthetic. Both couples’ repertoires are wonderfully equipped with show-offy moves perfect for battle-style competitions—note all the acrobatic tricks William & Maeva pull off, compared to Chance & Giselle’s attitude-heavy variations on several moves.
Hometown heroes Chance & Giselle went on to win this competition, and deservedly so.
tl;dr
Ugh. I hate having to describe dancing like that. How do other bloggers do that post after post after post? What the hell. This is Tumblr. Here it is in fewer words: HOLY SHIT AWESOME DANCING.
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