Street Swing Partner Dance

Intro to Street Swing

together & apart • 'round & 'round • away we go

Welcome to Street Swing Partner Dance. Street Swing is a partner dance based on natural body rhythms, acted out in the spirit of play, and engaged in making the connection between street and swing, dance and daily life.

Play Circle - Why, What, How

Why - Purpose

Live life as play with imaginative interactions. View play as a mindset rather than an activity. Emphasize process over performance.

What - Principles

STREET - In the midst of life filled with multiple options, discover connections. For dance, incorporate different styles.

SWING - In the midst of life defined by change increasing exponentially, look beyond technical solutions to adaptive solutions. For dance, employ improvisation.

PARTNER - In the midst of life characterized by changing roles, recognize interdependence and influence the interaction. For dance, engage in greater mutuality.

DANCE - In the midst of life bombarded with competing messages, tune into the rhythms of life and interpret accordingly. For dance, listen to music to guide you on what to do.

How - Practice

Think of Street Swing as Arthur Murray meets Contra Folk in the Google Age. As for Arthur Murray, stride and glide through life, centered and collected. As for Contra Folk, embrace the natural rhythms of life - Yin and Yang, Circle of Existence, Life as a Journey. As for the Google Age, live life intuitively with imagination and improvisation to recapture the spirit of Jazz Dance in the Ragtime Era for the Google Age.

Connecting street and swing,
Harold (Harry) Lowell Bolstad

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to All Jacked Up - Gretchen Wilson - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Cotton Eyed Joe - Bob Wills - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Rip It Up - Bill Haley - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Keep on Churning - The Senders - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Born to Boogie - Hank Williams, Jr. - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Red Hot - Billy Lee Riley - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Darktown Strutters' Ball - Fats Domino - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to It Don't Mean a Thing - Lionel Hampton - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to In the Mood - Glenn Miller Orchestra - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley - YouTube

Street Swing Partner Dance - Dancing to Orange Blossom Special - Bill Monroe - YouTube

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