swing dance
Partner jazz movement
Swing dance is a lively style of partner dancing that emerged with swing jazz music in the 1930s and 40s.
The term covers several related dances—Lindy Hop, East Coast swing, West Coast swing, jitterbug—characterized by syncopated rhythms, improvisation, and energetic movements including spins and aerials.
They met at a swing dance class.
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- Lindy HopSwing dance from Harlem
- jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
- triple stepSyncopated three-count footwork
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
Blues · aerials · Balboa · lead and follow · social dancing · Harlem Renaissance · Savoy Ballroom · Ragtime · live band · fast tempo · Cab Calloway · World War II era · speakeasy · energy · spin · twirl · bebop · ballroom
- Partner Danceswaltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, rumba
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, ballroom
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- American dancesCharleston, twist, jitterbug, cakewalk, lindy hop
- dance formsballet, waltz, flamenco, tango, salsa
- dance stylesballet, tango, salsa, waltz, hip hop
swing danceViennese waltz
Rapid rotating ballroom dance
ballet · classical ballet · foxtrot · court dance · minuet
swing danceslow waltz
Unhurried triple-time ballroom dance
adagio · contemporary dance · slow dancing · tai chi · funeral march