Dances We Love to Teach!
The Lindy Hop
Named by Ray Bolger after Colonel Lindbergh s flight across the Atlantic. This Swing had as much getting into the air as possible. However, the violently acrobatic style use for exhibitions is not the same as the quietly rhythmic Lindy enjoyed by good dancers on the ballroom floor. The rhythmic patterns takes place over two measures of music. The more acrobatic version were limited to ballrooms of which the most famous was the New York s Savoy Harlem. At one time the Jitterbug included the Charleston, Black bottom, Shag and the Lindy Hop. It has now been consolidated in Lindy Hop in the Eastern United States and the West Coast Swing on the West Coast.
Both American and International style ballroom dances are divided into the
following categories:
Rhythm
Bolero | Cha-Cha | E Coast Swing | W Coast Swing | Hustle | Lindy Hop | Mambo | Merengue | Polka | Rumba | Salsa | Samba | Two Step | Jive | Paso Doble
Smooth
Foxtrot | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Waltz | Quickstep| Argentine Tango