We have the results for the different categories for the best in Lindy Hop of the 21st Century, but which one is the actual top performance?
Starting in July of this year, I got 64 people to nominate 292 videos to be considered as the best Lindy Hop of the last 25 years. I culled that down to 132 for organizational purposes, and then further narrowed them down to 38 videos that were divided into four different categories. People then voted over 2 months to get the winners below. If you need a more detailed breakdown of that process, please check out this post.
We are now taking the top vote getters from each of those categories and putting them into one final ballot to determine which one is the best Lindy Hop performance of the 21st century.
Click here to vote for the OVERALL Best Lindy Hop performance of the 21st Century
Here are the results of the online voting which also comprise the final ballot:
Best Competition: Liberation Final - ULHS 2005
Best Team Performance: The Silver Shadows - Frankie's 95th Birthday Festival (Frankie95)
Best Improvised Social Dance: Frida Segerdahl & Michael Seguin - Lone Star Championships & Lindyfest 2013 - Invitational Jack & Jill
Runner Up for Best Couple Routine Performance: Ramona Staffeld & Remy Kouakou Kouame - ILHC 2016
Best Couple Routine Performance: Frida Segerdahl & Skye Humphries - ILHC 2009
You can view them all in one YouTube playlist here.
You can cast your vote for the overall winner via a google form here or on Reddit. The Reddit poll can only be open for 7 days. The google form will close on December 24, 2025, and after that, all the votes will be combined into one final mega winner.
The winner will be announced in person during my talk about this very project at Lindy Focus at the end of this month. Then online sometime after that.
If you want more information about this entire project, than please check out my blog. The honorable mentions and nomination ballots will also be posted on this blog over the next few weeks.
In the meantime, here are the complete results for the individual categories below. Remember, people were able to vote for multiple videos on their ballots.
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Out of 74 ballots cast
Liberation Final - ULHS 2005, 36 votes
Invitational Lindy Jack and Jill - Lone Star Championships at Lindyfest 2013, 29 votes
Vintage vs Modern Street Dancers Part 1 of the invitational Battle - Montreal Swing Riot 2016, 29 votes
The NORMAlizer - ILHC 2023, 27 votes
All-Star Invitational Jack & Jill Finals - Lone Star Championships 2010, 25 votes
Open Lindy Final - Camp Hollywood 2019, 19 votes
Open Lindy Final - Camp Hollywood 2008, 16 votes
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Out of 84 ballots cast
The Silver Shadows - Frankie's 95th Birthday Festival (Frankie95), 49 votes
The Fly Rights - ILHC 2013, 27 votes
The Silver Shadows - ALHC 2006, 24 votes
Lindy Hoppers Dozen - ILHC 2011, 17 votes
23 Skidoo! - ULHS 2007, 15 votes
The Swedish Heroes - ULHS 2007, 15 votes
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Out of 150 ballots cast.
Edit: Shout out to the Legacy Library project sponsored by the Pacific Swing Dance Foundation to which is trying preserve audio and videos of the generations of dancers who originated the dance.
Dancers honor(?) Michael Seguin at The Mobtown Ballroom 14th Anniversary