SWING DANCING How To Swing Dance

WHAT IS SWING DANCING?

Well ... swing isn't really "a dance". It is a category of dance styles with a similar origin. While swing dancing began in the 1920s with the Swing Jazz Music that was popular at that time, it has since evolved into many styles to suit different genres of music that are popular today.

Here is a list of the most popular types of swing dancing:

WHAT IS SWING DANCING?

Well ... swing isn't really "a dance". It is a category of dance styles with a similar origin. While swing dancing began in the 1920s with the Swing Jazz Music that was popular at that time, it has since evolved into many styles to suit different genres of music that are popular today.

Here is a list of the most popular types of swing dancing:

West Coast Swing

WEST COAST SWING

One of the most versatile of all partnered dances, West Coast Swing is perfect for any type of dance club and can be danced to almost any music so long as it is in 4/4 time, making it very popular and useful and especially common at country dance clubs.

WEST COAST SWING INFO

East Coast Swing Dance

EAST COAST SWING

Of the many different types of swing dancing, East Coast Swing is the most commonly danced and one of the easiest to learn.

EAST COAST SWING INFO

Country Dancing

COUNTRY SWING

Although it is a newcomer to country dancing, Country Swing is the fastest growing type of dance in the world... of any style, in any genre. Country Swing dancing is easy and fun for dancers of all levels.

COUNTRY SWING INFO

Lindy Hop Dance

LINDY HOP

Referred to as the grandfather of all swing dances, the Lindy Hop (or Lindy) is a couple's dance that originated in the early 1900s.

Hustle Dance

HUSTLE

Hustle is an American dance which originated in the 1970s. It is traditionally danced to club hits of both the 1970s as well as contemporary times.

Shag Dance

SHAG

You don’t need to be a resident of the South to know about the history of the Shag. The highly technical dance first originated as the Carolina Shag but is still widely recognized today as a major category in most dance competitions.

Jive Dancing

JIVE

Jive is a dance style that originated among African Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug

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