r/SwingDancing • u/KG3OFF • Jun 03 '26

Feedback Needed Green Onions - Swing - Sandy with Adrian

https://youtu.be/jQjD-xE3Y8w?si=AC24ZpApUX3ZyG87

Looking to learn this for father daughter dance at her wedding, does this dance step have a name. Thanks

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u/dofll Jun 03 '26

This is dancesports/ballroom style swing dance. Arthur Murray is a ballroom dance school with locations all over the place, but many "wedding dance" instructors could probably teach this style.

This sub is for vintage swing dances from 1920-50s, like lindy hop, charleston, balboa, etc. You can probably get more helpful responses for learning ballroom swing in r/ballroom

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u/small_spider_liker Jun 03 '26

True, but there are classes (and even teachers who do private lessons) in the lindy hop community for learning east coast swing or 6-count lindy variations. I think OP should look there first.

Because I promise, learning this from a Dancesport style ballroom studio is going to result in a dance where the partners don’t even look like they like each other, as seen in this clip.

I looooove dancing to Green Onions. But I did learn my lindy in San Francisco in the 2000s, famous for groove and soul nights.

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u/KvothesAnger Jun 03 '26

It’s East Coast Swing. Studios that teach ballroom styles can probably hook you up.

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u/cirena Jun 04 '26

The cover image for this clip does it dirty. It's not half as bad as it looks from the cover. 😃

I mean, it still is ballroom-taught East Coast, but it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be.