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Summary: Learn about the da duh da duh step in the lindy hop in this free dance lesson video.
Spencer Weisbond has been dancing Lindy Hop since 1998. He is a student of Nathalie Gomes, founder of Hop, Swing and Jump in New York City, and an 8 time American Champion. Spencer...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Spencer Weisbond and this is my lovely partner Jessie Pats. I'm with Hop, Swing and Jump Dance Studios which was founded in NYC and is now based in New Orleans, Louisiana. We're showing you the Lindy hop. The next variation we're going to do is a replacement of our back step. She's not going to swibble and I'm not going to back step. We're going to do what's called a da duh da duh, what's going to happen is on 1 and 2 she's going to step right left right left. I'm going to step left right left right out to the side and that's going to look like this da duh da duh, that's going to be a replacement of back stepping. It's going to be and 1 and 2 then we'll just do a swing out so here's the regular swing out 1 2 3 and 4 5 6 here's the variation and 1 and 2 3 and 4 5 6 7 8 da duh da duh. Let's take a look at that from this angle 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 and 4 5 6 7 8 1 and 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 da duh da duh."