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 JIVE
Jive is a dance style that originated among African Americans in the early 1940s.
Modern jive sometimes called French Jive is a dance style that originated in the 1980s. It derives from Swing, Lindy Hop and may include Rock and roll and others, the main innovation being to simplify the footwork.
Modern Jive is generally danced to music with 4 beats to the bar from latest chart hits to Big Band music.
Jive is a non-progressive partnered (latin) dance, danced in both open and closed dance holds. Typical jive tempo is 40–46 bars per minute — with 44 bars per minute as a competitive tempo.
Basic steps : Footwork is normally based on the six beat basic: the leader's steps are backwards (left), rock (right), chassé (left-right-left), chassé (right-left-right), but can be varied: backwards (left), rock (right), step (left), step (right), or backwards (left), rock (right), step (left), tap (left), step (right), tap(right), or backwards (left), rock (right), tap (left), step (left), tap(right), step (right) — the follower mirrors. |
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