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. It...

history of Lindy Hop begins in the African American communities of Harlem, New York during the late 1920s in conjunction with swing jazz. Lindy Hop is closely...

instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swing. Manning was...

era include Charleston, Balboa, Lindy Hop, and Collegiate Shag. Today, the best-known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, which originated in Harlem in the...

Wikibook Swing Dancing has a page on the topic of: Lindy Hop The swingout is the defining dance move of Lindy Hop. The swingout evolved from the breakaway, which...

term used to describe swing dancing. It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance but might include elements of the jive, east coast swing, collegiate...

is generally done to blues music, and is highly improvisational. Like lindy hop, emphasis is on the lead and follow connection, but the emphasis is even...

the early 2000s, in many local Lindy Hop scenes around the world, prompted by competitions such as the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown (in 2005 and 2006 particularly)...

American Lindy Hop and jazz dancer. Most famous for his film and stage performances in the 1930s and 1940s with the Harlem-based Whitey's Lindy Hoppers...

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...

Look up Lindy or lindy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lindy or Lindy's may refer to: Lindy (name), a unisex given name and nickname Lindy (singer)...

music. Vernacular jazz dance incorporates ragtime moves, Charleston, Lindy hop and mambo. Popular vernacular jazz dance performers include The Whitman...

Lindy Hop. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-563-9. Sago, Renata (August 10, 2018). "From Harlem to Herrang: An Original Lindy Hopper...

Eastern Swing, Jitterbug, American Swing, East Coast Lindy, Lindy (not to be confused with Lindy Hop), and Triple Swing (or Triple-step swing). Other variants...

Brazilian Zouk Breakaway (see Lindy Hop) Breakdancing Breton dance Buchaechum Bugaku Bugg (a swing dance from Sweden) Bump Bunny Hop Burlesque dance Buta Kola...

across her front to hold his left hand. Hands are at waist level. In Lindy Hop, the promenade position is often defined similarly to the square dancing...

Lindy Hoppers, a Lindy Hop performance group based at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York, traveled to Hollywood, California, to perform a Lindy Hop...

1920s and 1930s. He and his partner Mattie Purnell invented the Harlem Lindy Hop in the dance marathon at Harlem's Rockland Palace between June and July...

amount of non-Lindy Hop music (Blues, Rock n Roll, & a smattering of other styles) which encouraged dancers to try to fuse their Lindy Hop movement with...

were some changes, including two new dances, the Argentine tango and Lindy Hop, and an occasional dance-off between the bottom two couples, in order...

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

retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching a peak from the early/mid to...

Dips are common to many partner dance styles (Tango, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Ballroom dances). Characteristics of a dip include: weight-sharing dancers' centres...

from 1935 to 1946, known as the swing era, when people were dancing the Lindy Hop. The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that...

American communities in tandem developed the Charleston and eventually the Lindy Hop by the end of the 1920s. Many cities had regular local competitions such...

Veloz (née Phelps, March 1, 1924 – January 15, 2023) was an American lindy hop dancer and actress, best known for her roles in 1940s and 1950s musicals...

and "only the greatest Lindy-hoppers would stay on the floor, to try to eliminate each other". Many dances such as the Lindy Hop (which was named after...

athletic, physically demanding form of partner dance that originated from Lindy Hop but has evolved to a choreographed sport, often done in formal competition...

would later become more stylish over time in urban ghettos. Many tap and Lindy hop dancers would wear loose fitting suits to the clubs and ballrooms. These...

feature ballroom dancing also may include additional partner dances such as Lindy Hop, Night Club Two Step, Night Club Swing, Bachata, Country Two Step, and...