Lindy Hop

I would prefer Lindy Hop because it is a dance which helps to express ourselves and requires high-vitality, quick swing that hits the dance floor. It is a partnered dance form, traditionally danced a male and a female. In this dance the man drives steps and the lady deciphers the signs and takes after. The essential stride used in this dance is called the swingout. Artists performs alone in the vacant position, then the couple meets up to dance in the swingout’s shut position. All in all, the swing

DNCE131: Exam 1 Study Guide FALL 2013: Professor Flickinger 1. Copeland and Cohen. “What is Dance?” pg 1 -Understand the three basic art theories being discussed -Aristotle is responsible for what part of Western Storytelling/Narrative -Focus on the arguments of Martin, Levinson, Goodman, & Sparshott 2. Sklar. “Five Premises for a Culturally Sensitive Approach to Dance” pg 30 -Understand the five premises and their importance to discussing dance cross culturally -Be able to define Empathic

led to the creation of the Charleston and the Lindy Hop, the direct predecessors to Swing. In particular, the Savoy Ballroom, opened in 1926 in New York, was central to this development because there “dancers soon incorporated tap and jazz steps into their dancing,” led by individuals such as Benny Goodman and Herbert White (Heikkila). The East Coast Swing, often associated with the Jitterbug, Lindy, and Triple Swing, was a redefinition of the Lindy Hop as the characteristic eight-count step was simplified

The “swing” era consisted of interesting dances, including the Lindy Hop (Savoy Night life). These dances primarily differed from those of Latin Dance, such as the Rumba, Samba and Mambo, but do have some similarities as well. Here are some of the observations and comparisons I have made after watching the videos on these dances. In the Lindy Hop, I noticed the dancing to be representative of primarily men in the beginning of the dance. Later on, women did come into the dance to join the man. The

The definition of swing dance can be described as a synchronized dance with jazz music that have a related variety of partnered dances which includes Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Smooth Lindy. Swing dance is a type of social dance that was created sometime during 1920 to 1950. It is a dance that is associated with Jazz which is a type of music that can be seen having influence from Africa but was created and spread in the United States during the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance took

There are so many styles of dance that came together to eventually evolve into what swing dance is today. In the early 20's and 30's there was the Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag and the Charleston. Some of these dance forms such as the Lindy Hop and the Charleston started as an eight count done in four steps then it evolved in the 1930's to an eight count with 10 steps. During this time swing dance had some substantial changes due to music and regional influences.   At the start of the 40's the era of

A popular form is the Smooth Lindy, which is basically a Lindy with no kicking patterns or Charleston. East Coast swing, otherwise known as the Jitterbug is another type of swing dancing. It is more social and less acrobatic. Although this style of swing is what most people learn at first, it

My reason for writing this paper is for my lack of attendance during important days for this course. I apologize for not emailing you. I was resting and attempting to get better in order to be able to do the group dance. That is what I saw as my ultimate goal. To be able to get back to my group and learn what they has done. Luckily I have learned the dance, even though I admit I have struggled learning it. Again I am sorry for not taking the time to email you to inform you of my situation. When you

The quotes “For most people, social dancing begins in pleasure,” and “Of course, people sometimes feel pressure to dance in ways that are otherwise associated with pleasure; social dancing can serve many functions in a society,” from Chapter 4 of Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement (Jonas 2003), peaked interest in me when thinking of all the various dance forms that we have talked of in class and even those outside of class. One in particular that has interested me the most is swing

In this essay I will be discussing how dance has a close relationship with early jazz music. I will be mentioning dances such as the Charleston and Lindy Hop from the 1920s to the 1940’s, along with jazz dancers such as Jack Cole. Jazz dancing developed alongside jazz music in New Orleans. Beginning in the 1930’s onto the 1960’s jazz dancing transformed from the vernacular form to a theatre based performance form that used trained dancers. Choreographers from modern dance and ballet began to experiment