Learn The Shim Sham Routine - Full routine on music
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2009
- Learn the Shim Sham.
We all know how frustrating it is to be a beginner swing dancer, get to an event and at some point in the evening see all the other dancers gather in the middle of the dance floor and start this line dance that everybody seems to know but you... We've all been there!
That's why we've decided to teach the Shim Sham here online!
This first video is the whole routine danced to the music. We'll be recording and uploading very soon individual instructional videos for each of the moves of the Shim Sham. So make sure to register to our rss feed if you dont want to miss them ;)
The song the Shim Sham is usually danced to is "Tain't what you do" by Jimmie Lunceford, we've decided to dance it here to Billy Kyle's version because we really like it :)
For the individual instructional videos, comments and feedback, go to BuildingTheCommunity.PatrickAn....
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This dance still rocks. Sooo much FUN
Its awesome that this guy is smiling in the whole video :D
Thanx! for putting this on UA-cam for all to see! It is very generous of you.
My dad and I used this tutorial to learn a dance together. It was a fantastic experience! Thank you for uploading! :)
Patrick & Natasha... totally awesome ... you rock !
Thank you so much! I learned a version of Shim Sham 30 years ago as a tap routine. Now I'm re-learning it for swing.
Thank you very much to the two of you for sharing this and for the whole set of videos.
Makes me feel so happy! I love it!
Fabulous teaching video of the Shim Sham. Like the fact names of the moves are shown on the screen.
Thank You afor teaaching me the Shim Sham in 7 parts. It was the easist to follow and learn and I think the routine is the same as I will see tonight at my dance. At least in the line damce you don't need a partner. I am in Pottstown Pa and just started taking swing lwssons so all I know are the basics taught in a 10 class session but I took the excelerated one in 5. Thank you again you do not know how much I wanted to learn this routine. It took me 3 nights but a total of 13 hours to get it to where I could follow along and MAYBE not mess up Lainie
Thank you so much for that brief lesson very enjoyable. You make it look so easy to learn
Excellent job with these tutorials! Very clear and easy to understand!
This was wonderful to watch! ❤️💃🕺👏👏👏👌👌👌😊😊
Just made the shim sham tap dance simplified without breaks as requested such a fun dance great job
I love your styling, the Apple Jacks at the break, your frames and arms❤.... but most of all, that you filmed it from the BACK as well! thanks for the content!👍
Lovely. Thanks for sharing!
This is a great video. I love that you guys are very relaxed and comfortable. I’ve seen a number of videos, and usually stands out. Thank you so much!
This is awesome! Thanks for recording it!
Such a great job!
Thank you so much for this video and the seperate insruction videos. They're really helpfull.
I love this, I would love to learn this dance.
Excelent. Best instructional video ive seen of the Shim Sham. I will be using it to brush up and teach to club. Thanks a lot for putting it on here.
Marvelous! Thank you!
Kurczę ... ale suuuper. Biorę się za ćwiczenie.
Thank you so much for posting this! We're studying the Harlem Renaissance in school, and my teacher chose me to preform this dance in front of the class. This is very helpful, and it's probably the best one I've seen.
Good job on the video and I like how you add your own style at the end.
This is the best instructional video of the Shim Sham! Thanks sooooo much for posting this up, now I know how to do it! :]
Merci pour la petite démo, continuez comme ça
That was great!
thank you so much...the best step by step! Now I know how to do it :D
Nice work! :)
I like all cool moves, always trying to build my repertore.
So helpful!
Beautiful! So beautiful!!!! =)
Kisss from Portugal!
merci d'avoir donné le nom de chaque pas, c'est ce qui me manquait pour presque tout connaitre sur le shim sham,
thanks a lot lad for this great video
Thank you :)
Patrick & Natasha
Absolute LOL.... very much thank you for your lessons. Are Swingtastics !!
I charleston Freiburg
They are do freaking adorable! :3
@PatrickAndNatasha Yea thanks for all the videos. I'm going to be teaching the Big Apple this semester and know my students will love having this resource from you.
@uhsuswing This is the "normal" Shim Sham, also called sometimes Frankie's Shim Sham.
The fish tails are just a small touch we like to add to the break :)
Patrick & Natasha
So nice :)
Great, thanks
Thank you so much!
@FilmsbyChris Hey Chris, Thanks for the comment. Yes, all the Shim Sham steps are the same. The most common songs are Tain't What You Do by Jimmie Lunceford or Billy May and Tuxedo Junction by Erskine Hawkins. The Shim Sham Song is a more recent song written by Bill Elliott during the Swing revival specificaly to be played in place of the other songs. The only change in the steps that you'll notice depending on the song is the presence or not of a bridge after the end of the first part.
@iPityTheFool43 Good luck with it, it's a little bit more tricky than the Shim Sham
@emmasfoil Thank you very much for your kind comments :)
Patrick & Natasha
Nice video :)
Tonight, I go to a dance class in Sydney to learn this so it was great to see it done well, thank you.
Straitforward demo of the Shim Sham great 😊
@hey412you This is great to hear. See you maybe one day on the dancefloor.
Hi,
Thank you very much for your comment.
We don't have it on DVD... yet :) (but who needs a DVD when you have UA-cam?)
Patrick & Natasha
and look at DVD now
Hi Nikita,
The name of the song is Tain't what you do.
The version we're using is Billy Kyle's one, but it's usually Jimmie Lunceford version that's used in the Swing dance community. Other songs often used for the shim sham are Tuxedo Junction and Opus one.
Good luck with your assignment.
Patrick Szmidt
Great clips, although my club Swing Dance Vegas does it slightly different. But I am a beginner, so it is hard to match your footwork and LRL changes from the front. I had to use a hand-held mirror in a failed attempt to keep my R&L aligned with yours. Will you please expand the vids to include the steps viewed from the rear? Also add on to the end of each vid all of the steps (from front and back) learned up to that point accompanied by music. Thanks for the teaching and encouragement!
@kissesforkaitlyn No, this is not the Tap version, this is the Lindy Hop version of the Shim Sham.
This couple is so cute.
@dancer9501 Thank you for your comment.
i wannna learn the shim sham! anyway i reckon its pretty cool mah mum taught me it she a tap teacher
Merci :) Amusez vous bien :)
@matakasi On est ravi que ca t'aide.
Il y a du Swing à Madagascar?
@Amila85 Thank you.
Great video! Can you tell me if all Shim Sham steps are the same? At my swing club they always play Billy Elliot's "The Shim Sham Song" for their Shim Sham dance, would they be using the same routine you just showed here?
I believe there are links to Google Play, itunes and eMusic under the video ;)
You both are so cute! Have to say think you're doing this Shim Sham Shimmy, is the best I have seen! Great teachers. TY!
Must say though on the pause steps, I think you count to 8, but on the 8th you begin the next step? That is the count of the pause? Was trying to get that right.
We're very happy you enjoy it :)
Thank you for your comment.
Patrick & Natasha
Hey there, we've also posted videos filmed from the back ;)
HI there. I am a Dance teacher in New Zealand. I love this chore! DO you mind if I teach it to some of my school students? Of course giving credit to you guys and sharing your video.
@DirtyDave15 Why don't you check out the videos filmed from the back? Just click on the annotations to get to them
Great!!! I'm a new swinger and i would to know the name of the performer of this song, please!!! I didnt' find it on youtube :-(
Hey John, the last move that we do on the video is called a suzy Q. It's not part of the routine, we were just improvising at that point and didn't think that someone would actually study this part of the video... apparently we were wrong :)
Where can we find this version of this song?? :)
Salut,
Malheureusement, nous n'avons pas de vidéos en français pour le moment, nous pensons peut être ajouter des doublages en français quand nous aurons un peu plus de temps.
Tu peux regarder les explications pour chaque pas du Shim Sham en cliquant sur le nom du pas qui apparait en bas de l'écran. Ces vidéos sont assez détaillées, mais en anglais...
Patrick et Natasha
@QLindy I guess with all the people asking for a video filmed from behind, we'll have to do it at some point :)
Thank you for your comment, we'll try to put it online in the next few days
Patrick & Natasha
@PatrickAndNatasha
Malheureusement pas encore .. c'est surtout pour lancer le swing en Irlande où je suis en ce moment, vu que ça n'attire pas trop de monde et surtout que c'est pas trop connu ici. En tout cas, merci encore une fois
i feel like this is a dance that i should learn
i dont know why though
just feels like something i should learn y'know?
So fun! The guy could be a little looser in the hips, though. The gal is fabulous.
Can you break this video down into steps. Its a little to quick for me to follow. I have to be pausing it to learn the next step.
Siete bravissimi Sarebbe bello che uno di voi due si metta girato di spalle in modo da essere più semplice imparare per noi
Bon je trouve pas la version ou vous tournez le dos à la caméra.
Quel est le titre de ce morceau, svp ?
I really appreciate the tutorial, but it would have been helpful to flip the image so it was a mirror image. I keep messing up my footing when i try to remember not to reflect you two. Even so, THANK YOU!
@iPityTheFool43 We already have one available for free on youtube, just check out our channel :)
Here you go, the videos facing the other way are online, enjoy and rate them if you like them :)
almost as good as gregory heines , I remember him doing it.
Great job!
The song is?
Raul Libossart del Campo Jimmy Lunceford, Tain't What You Do
you are both great dancer but i would prefer to watch the steps from behind your back as i could follow your steps easier.
Shim Sham 's Dance in Reunion Island > Here : ua-cam.com/video/K44mKDLYyZY/v-deo.html
Deeeeeeds ..
Nice dance, bad cynk with music
what the fuck was that hahahahahahahahahaha
Thumbs up for your video, thumbs down for blocking your feet with the title at the end. Would have been nice to see that move, it's new to me. Now I'll never know, thatnks to overwhelming sized title fonts. normally i don't like to put out neg vibes, but come on!
Not impressed. Non professional.