let's swing! (east coast swing, that is)

anyone remember/still watch So You Think You Can Dance?

I never really watched the show but I ended up seeing the second season's tour (shoutout to samy, minj, and wesley). It actually turned out to be a fun night - the show was pretty entertaining, we got krispy kremes, and we also ended up driving through o'hare parking deck after getting lost. another highlight was hearing that kt tunstal song 638504 times in one night. so yeah, the winner was this boy named Benji Schwimmer.

(the one one on the right, duhh)

Schwimmer..? Yes, he is related to the oh-so-adorable David Schwimmer. I think they're cousins. jk, i know they are. haha.

anywayyys the reason I bring this up is because I was checking out articles from the Daily Illini and found out that Benji's currently by chambana filming a movie. It's some rando independent movie that according to the DI, " is a coming-of-age story of a ballroom stage mother and her daughters figuring out their roles both within the family and on the dancefloor". ummm yeahhh. sounds lame. BUT AH BENJI SCHWIMMER IN THE C-U. too weird!

...and that got me thinking about West Coast Swing, aka Benji's area of dance expertise. Being the avid Googler that I am, I looked up what exactly WCS was and if there were any cheap classes available.

According to to wikipedia:

West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from Lindy Hop. It is characterised by a distinctive elastic look that results from its basic extension-compression technique of partner connection, and is danced primarily in a slotted area on the dance floor. The dance allows for both partners to improvise steps while dancing together.

There aren't any cheap classes for WCS but there's a FREE East Coast Swing lesson at Grant Park June 27th! (Apparently ECS is the more common form of swing..) I mean, it's not Benji Schwimmer's area of dance...but I think that'll be alright. haha. lemme know if u wanna go! cuz i def do. did i mention it's FREE!??!?!