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History of Swing Dancing
Most of the chronicles about the origins of swing dancing lay its roots in
the 1920s, when the Harlem Renaissance was taking hold in New York City.
However, given that dancing in general is such a continually evolving art form,
it's likely the roots date back even farther. One story traces it to the
exuberant dances of the southeast African American community in the late 1800s.
Since these dances were likely variations on movements originating in Africa, it
might even be more accurate to trace the Adidas Ultra
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The Glory DaysRegardless of when you pinpoint the true beginning of swing
dancing, it's hard to argue that it did indeed come to fruition in the 1920s
with the Harlem Renaissance. At that time, big band jazz was ruling the airways,
upbeat improvisational dancing was a burgeoning phenomenon among the black
community, and Lindbergh had just hopped the Atlantic. Dancers like "Shorty"
George Snowden, Big Bea, Leroy Stretch Jones, and Little Bea dominated the dance
floors, especially at the Savoy Ballroom. One night in June 1928, a reporter
watching "Shorty" George freestyle on the floor asked him what he was doing with
his feet. "Shorty" reportedly spotted a newspaper sitting on a bench next Adidas Yeezy
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that the dance was called the Lindy Hop. Whether that's true is debatable, but
the name quickly took hold and dancers became known as Lindyhoppers.
Early versions of the Lindy Hop placed Adidas NMD On Sale
more emphasis on fastpaced, fancy footwork, but when a new crop of dancers
including the legendary Frankie Manning emerged in the mid1930s, the eightcount
pattern became more standard and aerial maneuvers like the Side Flip, Hip to
Hip, and Over the Back began to infiltrate the dance.
It wasn't long before a bevy of dance troupes like Whitey's Lindy Hoppers,
the Hot Chocolates, and the Big Apple Dancers, were travelling along with big
bands creating a dance craze across the country. However, dance studios were not
so quick to Adidas
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incorporate the Lindy Hop into their teachings. That certainly didn't stem the
growing popularity of the dance, however. In fact, the lack of any formalized
instruction actually spurred variations of the Lindy Hop. There was the
eightcount Balboa, characterized by a close embrace with quick intricate
footwork; the six or eightcount Collegiate Shag, which involved quick steps and
hops performed in a slowslow, quickquick rhythm; and the St. Louis Shag, a
variation of the Charleston involving very quick steps and kicks.
Though some naysayers dismissed the Lindy Hop's potential to stick around,
the dance only continued to transform and gain momentum as the 1940s began. On
the west coast, a man named Dean Collins introduced a smoother version that
incorporated swift and controlled whipping motions (known later as West Coast
Swing), while dancers on the east coast dropped the eightcount pattern in favor
of a simpler sixcount one (known later as East Coast Swing). At this point,
dance studios began recognizing they needed to start teaching what everybody was
clamoring to learn and so Adidas Yeezy the
New York Society of Teachers adopted the less complex sixcount pattern that had
recently surfaced. Arthur Murray wasn't far behind. The national chain soon
began instructing its teachers to find out what was being danced in their areas
and to start teaching that style.