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Swing (dance), the Glossary

Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era".^[1]

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Aerial (dance move)

An Aerial (also acrobatic, air step or air) is a dance move in Lindy Hop or Boogie Woogie where one's feet leave the floor.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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African-American dance

African-American dance is a form of dance that was created by Africans in the Diaspora, specifically the United States.

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Arthur Murray (born Moses Teichman; April 4, 1895 – March 3, 1991) was an American ballroom dancer and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name.

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Balboa (dance)

The Balboa, also known as "Bal" is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and enjoyed huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. Swing (dance) and Balboa (dance) are swing dances.

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Ballroom dance

Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Swing (dance) and Ballroom dance are competitive dance, Dancesport and social dance.

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Beach music

Beach music, also known as Carolina beach music, and to a lesser extent, beach pop, is a regional genre of music in the United States which developed from rock/R&B and pop music of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Big Apple (dance)

The Big Apple is both a partner dance and a circle dance that originated in the Afro-American community of the United States in the beginning of the 20th century. Swing (dance) and Big Apple (dance) are swing dances.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Bo Bryan

Bo Bryan (born October 17, 1948) is a Southern writer, novelist, best known for nonfiction, a regional bestseller SHAG, The Legendary Dance of the South.

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Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.

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Boogie-woogie (dance)

Boogie-woogie dance is a European variation of swing dance often done competitively that developed in the 1940s. Swing (dance) and Boogie-woogie (dance) are competitive dance, Dancesport and swing dances.

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Cab Calloway

Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.

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Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Carolina Beach is a beach town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, situated about south of Wilmington International Airport in southeastern coastal North Carolina.

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Carolina shag

The Carolina shag is a partner dance done primarily to beach music (100–130+ beats per minute in 4/4 time signature). Swing (dance) and Carolina shag are swing dances.

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Ceroc

Ceroc is an international dance club with more than 200 venues across the United Kingdom as well as national and regional competitions and weekend events throughout the year. Swing (dance) and Ceroc are swing dances.

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Charleston (dance)

The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. Swing (dance) and Charleston (dance) are ballroom dance and swing dances.

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Closed position

In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other.

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Collegiate shag

The Collegiate Shag (or "Shag") is a partner dance done primarily to uptempo swing and pre-swing jazz music (185-250+ beats per minute). Swing (dance) and Collegiate shag are swing dances.

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Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Cool jazz

Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band that arose in the United States after World War II.

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Country music

Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.

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Dance slot

In slotted dances, the dance slot is an imaginary narrow rectangle within which the follower moves back and forth in relation to the leader, who is comparatively stationary.

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Dip (dance move)

Dips are common to many partner dance styles (Tango, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Ballroom dances).

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East Coast Swing

East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social partner dance. Swing (dance) and East Coast Swing are competitive dance, social dance and swing dances.

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Frankie Manning

Frank Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer.

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Hand dancing

Hand dancing, also known as D.C. hand dancing or D.C. swing, is a form of swing dance that can be traced as far back as the 1920s, from Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug, to the 1950s when dancers in the District of Columbia developed their own variety. Swing (dance) and hand dancing are swing dances.

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Herräng Dance Camp

Herräng Dance Camp (commonly abbreviated HDC, officially Herräng Dance Camp Aktiebolag) is the largest annual dance camp that focuses on lindy hop, boogie woogie, tap dance, jazz dance, and balboa.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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House of Peace Synagogue

The House of Peace Synagogue is a former synagogue of the Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Jack and Jill (dance)

Jack and Jill is a format of competition in partner dancing, where the competing couples are the result of random matching of leaders and followers. Swing (dance) and Jack and Jill (dance) are competitive dance.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jitterbug

Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe swing dancing. Swing (dance) and Jitterbug are swing dances.

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Jive (dance)

The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s. Swing (dance) and jive (dance) are ballroom dance and swing dances.

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Juke joint

Juke joint (also jukejoint, jook house, jook, or juke) is the African American vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.

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Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments.

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LeRoc

LeRoc is a form of Modern Jive, a dance style that evolved in the 1980s out of dances including Swing, Lindy Hop and Rock and Roll. Swing (dance) and LeRoc are swing dances.

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Lindy Hop

The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. Swing (dance) and Lindy Hop are competitive dance, Dancesport, social dance and swing dances.

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Modern Jive

Modern Jive is a dance style derived from swing, Lindy Hop, rock and roll, salsa and various other dance styles, the main difference being the simplification of footwork by removing syncopation such as chasse. Swing (dance) and Modern Jive are swing dances.

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Moore Theatre

Moore Theatre is an 1,800-seat performing arts venue in Seattle, Washington, United States, located two blocks away from Pike Place Market at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Virginia Street.

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Norma Miller

Norma Adele Miller (December 2, 1919 – May 5, 2019) was an American Lindy hop dancer, choreographer, actress, author, and comedian known as the "Queen of Swing".

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rock and Roll (dance)

Acrobatic rock and roll (spelled rock'n'roll by its organizing body, the World Rock'N'Roll Confederation) is a fast, athletic, physically demanding form of partner dance that originated from Lindy Hop but has evolved to a choreographed sport, often done in formal competition. Swing (dance) and rock and Roll (dance) are Dancesport and swing dances.

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Savoy Ballroom

The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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Skip jive

A British dance, descended from the jazz dances of the 1930s and 1940s jive and ultimately from the Lindy Hop. Swing (dance) and Skip jive are swing dances.

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Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is a term used to describe commercially oriented crossover jazz music.

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Social dances are dances that have social functions and context. Swing (dance) and social dance are ballroom dance.

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St. Louis shag

St. Swing (dance) and St. Louis shag are swing dances.

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Swing era

The swing era (also frequently referred to as the big band era) was the period (1933–1947) when big band swing music was the most popular music in the United States, especially for teenagers.

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Swing music

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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Swing rueda

Swing Rueda is a swing dance in the round (wheel) that features someone calling Lindy Hop moves and the dancers moving in unison.

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The State (newspaper)

The State is an American newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Trad jazz

Trad jazz, short for "traditional jazz", is a form of jazz in the United States and Britain that flourished from the 1930s to 1960s, based on the earlier New Orleans Dixieland jazz style.

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Vernacular dance

Vernacular dances are dances which have developed 'naturally' as a part of 'everyday' culture within a particular community.

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West Coast Swing

West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop, characterized by an elastic look that results from its extension-compression technique of partner connection and is danced primarily in a slotted area on the dance floor. Swing (dance) and West Coast Swing are competitive dance, social dance and swing dances.

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Western swing

Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(dance)

Also known as Showcase (dance), Strictly Swing, Swing Dance, Swing Dancers, Swing Dancing, Swing dancer, Swing walk, Swing walk (dance), SwingDance.

, St. Louis shag, Swing era, Swing music, Swing rueda, Tempo, Texas, The State (newspaper), Trad jazz, Vernacular dance, West Coast Swing, Western swing.

Swing (dance), the Glossary

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Competitive dance

Dancesport

Swing dances

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