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Montreal Swing Riot brings together Lindy Hop and Hip Hop

Posted on October 5, 2014 by

This video from the 2014 Montreal Swing Riot has been going viral, at nearly 50K views only a day after being published. It shows the invitational battle between some awesome lindy hoppers and a group of street dancers, including b-boys, krumpers, poppers, and lockers. You can see the mutual respect and admiration from all of the dancers as they share their skills and also find new ways to embody the music. 

 

As someone who practices both lindy hop and other street dances, I'm so excited about this. It's hard to judge what part I like best. With due respect to all the dancers, I think the most successful fusion is the lockers dancing to swing jazz, starting at around the 5:15 mark. There's a joyfulness and a goofiness to the movement that aesthetically works perfectly for swing.

I would love to see some house dancers in there as well, since house borrows so heavily from jazz and tap. 

I think I need to plan to be at Swing Riot 2015.

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