Great Piano And Dance - Boogie Woogie

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    This takes me back to my younger days!

    There's no way that I could do this now :sad:.

    Actually, there's no way I could do it then, either :heehee:


     
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      Fab.

      If you want to learn to do this, get down to your local Lindy hop class. I learnt to dance when i was 47 and I reckon i could still do a lot of what the dancers in the vid do, just leave out the fancier bits. They are actually conserving quite lot of energy as they are moving their feet fast but the rest of the body is relaxed and fairly still. I do remember being taught the "slide between the legs" move, it's not as difficult as it looks.
      Anyway, check out the legendary Frankie Manning still dancing at
      88.

       
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      Great dancing for 88 :love30:

      I may, possibly, be able to do that now (with lots of practice) but definitley wouldn't look as good.

      Now, this is what I would like to be able to do - and never could. The great Master, Bill Robinson (Mr BoJangles) dancing the stair dance with Shirley Temple. Interestingly, the film (The Little Colonel) was made in black and white so how they got the colour done so well is a puzzle.

       
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      Aww, cute. I wanna do that too!
       
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