When was jive created

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American soldiers brought these dances to Europe around , where they swiftly found a following among the young. After the war, the Boogie became the dominant form for popular music. However, it was never far from criticism as a foreign, vulgar dance. The famous ballroom dancing guru, Alex Moore, said that he had "never seen anything uglier".

English instructors developed the elegant and lively Jive, danced to slightly slower music. In Britain the closed position was considered by many to be indecent, and sometimes the lady wore "bumpers" to preclude body contact. It is considered that Jive is not to be further developed into another dances or styles even though there are some steps that could be seen in Rock'n'Roll performances and which are typical for Jive. The basic step Jive Basic is an 8-step pattern.

Man: Counts "1 - 2" - Rock step: left foot step back, right foot replace; Counts "3-a-4" - Chasse to the left; Counts "3-a-4" or "5-a-6" - Chasse to the right; The follower's steps are mirrored. Jive is the last dance in a competition, and is also one of the hardest dances to perform. For this reason, many dancers save their energy for one last burst at the end of a night of competing. Good couples' performances are easy to be differentiated from the mediocre ones by the audience.

Talk about it in the forum. Privacy :: Terms of use :: Sitemap. Thanks :: Webmaster. By: Lawrence Walker. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug , a form of Swing dance. Jive is one of the five International Latin dances. In competition it is danced at a speed of beats per minute , although in some cases this is reduced to between and beats per minute. Many of its basic patterns are similar to these of the East Coast Swing with the major difference of highly syncopated rhythm of the Triple Steps Chasses , which use straight eighths in ECS and hard swing in Jive.

Or derived from the earlier generics for giouba of the African dance Juba dance verbal tradition.