Summary: Learn how to do a Charleston turn with expert tips and advice on swing dance moves in this free lindy hop video.
Spencer Weisbond has been dancing the 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 Lindy Hop...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Spencer Weisbond from Hop Swing and a Jump. Hop Swing and a Jump is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and this is my lovely partner Jessie Pats. Today we'll be showing you Lindy Hop level 2. What would be a Lindy hop series without a Charleston variation? So what we brought to you today is going to be a tandem Charleston variation with a come around outside turn. What is going to happen is from a regular Charleston I'm going to lift the right hand and turn clockwise and get in front. On the first kick forward again I'm going to lift her hand and she's going to do the same move. We're going to demonstrate this from right here getting into the Charleston and it's going to look like this (dancing). From a different angle it will look like this. (dancing)"