Applejacks

This move originated with the Charleston, as indicated by the swinging movement of the arms. Because there is little movement in the legs, the movement of the knees needs to be exaggerated for extra visibility.

left side view right side view facing view
1. S:RL Start with the dancer's weight on their right foot. The dancer replaces their weight on their left foot with the right knee bent and pointed to the left, in front of the other leg, while pushing their left arm forward and swinging their right arm out to the side.
2. S:RR The dancer replaces their weight on their right foot with the left knee bent across the other leg, while pushing the right arm forward and swinging the left arm out to the side.
 
 
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Welcome

Welcome to an incomplete book about Lindy Hop.

I wrote the text here five years ago, based on my notes from when I was originally learning Lindy Hop in the mid-1990s. My original plan was to take a large number of illustrative photographs, which would make the bare text much more comprehensible.

However, that was five years ago and I've not gotten as far as taking a single photograph. So rather than waiting any longer, I thought it worth releasing the text as-is, in case it's useful to anyone else.

I'd interested to hear any feedback, but unfortunately I can't promise to do much about it.

And maybe one day I'll get as far as illustrating the book, and creating the originally-intended printed version:

This book is dedicated to the memory of Frankie Manning (1914-2009), Ambassador of Lindy Hop.

David Drysdale
November 2012

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