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Jive (dance) The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s. The name of the dance comes from the name of a form of African-American vernacular slang, popularized in the 1930s by the publication of a dictionary by Cab Calloway, the famous jazz bandleader and singer. [1]
Jitterbug. Jitterbugging at a juke joint, 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Genre. Swing. Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe swing dancing. [1] It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance [2] [3] but might include elements of the jive, east coast swing, collegiate shag, charleston, balboa and other swing dances. [4]
Hand jive. The hand jive is a dance particularly associated with music from the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. It involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body. It resembles a highly elaborate version of pat-a-cake. Hand moves include thigh slapping, crossing the wrists, fist pounding, hand clapping ...
Modern Jive. Modern Jive is a dance style derived from swing, Lindy Hop, rock and roll, salsa and various other dance styles, the main difference being the simplification of footwork by removing syncopation such as chasse. The term "French Jive" is occasionally used instead, reflecting the origins of the style, as is the term "Smooth Jive".
Jive talk, also known as Harlem jive or simply Jive, the argot of jazz, jazz jargon, vernacular of the jazz world, slang of jazz, and parlance of hip [1] is an African-American Vernacular English slang or vocabulary that developed in Harlem, where "jive" ( jazz) was played and was adopted more widely in African-American society, peaking in the ...
The jive is part of the swing dance group and is a very lively variation of the jitterbug. Jive originated from African American clubs in the early 1940s. During World War II, American soldiers introduced the jive in England where it was adapted to today's competitive jive.
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
Mbaqanga, kwaito, Western pop music. Cultural origins. 1940s - early 1990s, South Africa. Jaiva, Township jive ( TJ ), Soweto jive, Soweto sound or Soweto beat is a subgenre of South African township music and African dance form [1] [2] that influenced Western breakdance [3] and emerged from the shebeen culture of the apartheid-era townships. [4]