Swing dancing was developed in America, and is also known as the Jitterbug. There was actually a dance scene to a song called The Jitterbug that was cut out of the movie The Wizard of Oz. One line remains in the movie where the Wicked Witch says, "I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them." Dorothy and friends get bitten and dance themselves to exhaustion singing, "Keep away from The Jitterbug!" This dance occurred just before the flying monkeys arrive to attack the little group.
Professional dance organizations looked down upon swing dancing, which was derived from the Lindy Hop, and called it a "fad that wouldn't last through the winter." They even went so far to say that the kids who danced it were "victims of economic instability." But the dance continued to grow in popularity until the organizations could no longer ignore it. And they accepted it--but on their terms.
Because they weren't able to conquer the Lindy Hop, the professional dance organizations invented their own version. And in 1942 they went public with their dance . They simplified the steps and combined it with some elements of the Foxtrot to make it more flexible and to reduce the amount of space needed to dance it. But even though the substantially change the dance they kept the name Lindy and Jitterbug because that's what people were willing to pay for.
The East Coast Swing is the refined version that the professional dance organizations created. But there was no need to change the name of the Jitterbug or Swing until the "West Coast Swing" was developed. And though some people claim that the soul of the Swing was removed when it was revised, the reality is that the soul of a dance is what you out into it.
East Coast Swing has a basic 6 count set of steps. The single-step version is the simplest, starting on the downbeat, the pattern is simply rock step, step, step. Believe it or not, the triple-step version is actually easier to dance because the feet keep moving. The triple-step version is rock step, triple-step, triple-step. Whichever version you choose, you follow a long history of dancers who have danced the Swing to all kinds of music. For once, the pointy-headed bureaucrats did something right
Professional dance organizations looked down upon swing dancing, which was derived from the Lindy Hop, and called it a "fad that wouldn't last through the winter." They even went so far to say that the kids who danced it were "victims of economic instability." But the dance continued to grow in popularity until the organizations could no longer ignore it. And they accepted it--but on their terms.
Because they weren't able to conquer the Lindy Hop, the professional dance organizations invented their own version. And in 1942 they went public with their dance . They simplified the steps and combined it with some elements of the Foxtrot to make it more flexible and to reduce the amount of space needed to dance it. But even though the substantially change the dance they kept the name Lindy and Jitterbug because that's what people were willing to pay for.
The East Coast Swing is the refined version that the professional dance organizations created. But there was no need to change the name of the Jitterbug or Swing until the "West Coast Swing" was developed. And though some people claim that the soul of the Swing was removed when it was revised, the reality is that the soul of a dance is what you out into it.
East Coast Swing has a basic 6 count set of steps. The single-step version is the simplest, starting on the downbeat, the pattern is simply rock step, step, step. Believe it or not, the triple-step version is actually easier to dance because the feet keep moving. The triple-step version is rock step, triple-step, triple-step. Whichever version you choose, you follow a long history of dancers who have danced the Swing to all kinds of music. For once, the pointy-headed bureaucrats did something right
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