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lurkette and I took a Lindy Hop Fundamentals class yesterday and it was a frickin' blast! We do East Coast and West Coast swing too, have since college, though we took a bunch of time off until recently.
Before I started, I'd have told you I was a bad dancer. Now I see I'm actually pretty darned graceful, and I'm at the point where I have the basics mastered, and can pay attention to style, which is the whole point of swing dancing.
Find out if there's a local swing dance group or club or something, and get yourself into one of their beginning swing classes. Then attend one of their regular dances (they have them--that's the point of there being an organized group) and don't be a wallflower. People WANT to dance with people of various levels. It makes me a better dancer to dance with someone who's just starting out--my lead has to be REALLY clear and firm.
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