I'm on this kick lately, and I want to let you know about it. Basically, my new favorite thing is unusual dancing. That's not to say that I've suddenly gained an affinity for weird, poor, makes-no-sense dancing; I still like the good stuff. It's just that, lately, I find myself more and more drawn to those dancers who are out their doing their own, usually vintage-inspired, thing. I'm going to start a new little series, so that I can point some of them out to you :)

Let's start with two of my favorites, Giselle Anguizola and Nathan Bugh. I've always admired Nathan's dancing--he creates amazing rhythms, and brings an awesome subtlety to everything. Having had a chance to sit down with him and hear more of his thoughts and philosophy on lindy hop, I feel that I can confidently say that his dancing makes my heart sing because even though it is unique, everything he does is based in the vintage idea of lindy hop. Seriously, the guy is a genius. 
Giselle is another dancer who brings a great vintage viewpoint to her dancing. I once heard someone describe her thusly: "It's like she's straight out of The Spirit Moves. You couldn't pin her on any one specific dancer, but if you put her in the video with them, she would look like she belonged there." I think that sums up pretty well why she is so amazing!  
Here are Nathan and Giselle in the most recent Lindy Focus Slow Dance Strictly competition, where they took first place! I adore the characters they brought to this dance.
Just for funsies, here's another video that has both Nathan and Giselle in it (from Lone Star Championships 2011), dancing with other partners. Nathan is second out in this contest, dancing with my friend Joanna Lucero (another great dancer!), and Giselle is dancing with Chance Bushman, who will also be featured on this blog. They are the fourth couple out. Just check out the fantastic uniqueness that both these dancers bring to the contest. Can you really not enjoy them?
 


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