Ditch the Drill Sergeant, Find Your Groove: How to Really Dance Swing!

Alright, swing dancers, let's be real. How many of you, when the music kicks in, immediately turn into a human calculator, counting "one-and-two, three-and-four" like your life depends on it? Ditch the drill sergeant approach Yeah, we've all been there. But guess what? While counting has its place (don't ditch it entirely!), the real magic happens when you stop crunching numbers and start feeling the dang music in your body. Seriously. We're talking about a whole new way to approach swing dancing – less like a math test and more like, well, dancing ! From Brain Drain to Body Bliss Imagine this for a second: Instead of your brain yelling "MOVE NOW!", you just chill out, loosen up, and let the music kinda flow through you. For dances like Philly Bop, East Coast, West Coast, Carolina Shag, and Hand Dancing, this "feel-it-in-your-guts" thing is HUGE. It's about: Getting Groovy: Not just hearing the beat, but feeling that pulse and flow ev...