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Then and Now

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One really cool thing about west coast swing is that it's a \"living dance.\" It is evolving, and the people dancing it today are very much co-creating the dance's future. We like going back to look at where the dance has come from, and comparing it to where it is today. You can see a big difference, while also gaining perspective into the throughline -- what connects them across time.

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Here, for example, is 1st place in the highest division (Champion) for “Jack and Jill” (random songs, random partner) from 20 years ago at the event \"Boogie by the Bay,\" and 1st place in that same division at Boogie by the Bay last year.

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Keep in mind, neither of these videos is fully representative of WCS at the time; each dancer makes it their own; Jacub today dances differently from Kyle today; many other great WCS dancers are not represented in these two videos; this is just an example.

2004:


https://youtu.be/mW4ganIPnu8

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2025:

https://youtu.be/IvtvGih-z7I

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", "author": { "name": "Lauren & Noah" }, "tags": [ ], "date_published": "2026-09-27T19:00:03-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-10-06T17:30:26-04:00" } ] }