East Anglia Dance

Carolina Shag
A 1930's dance that has continued to evolve up to the present day, becoming slower and smoother. Distinctive, in that the man gets to do most of the fancy footwork.

1 Sam & Sarah

2 Mike & Lilly

3 Unattributed

4 Unattributed (RR tempo)

5 Brent & Shea (RR tempo)

6 Michael and Leann

West Coast Swing
Characterised by a distinctive elastic look.

1 Michael & Kimberly. Superb elastic

2 Benji & Heidi. More elastic

3 Arjay & Brandi. Gorgeous slow tempo

4 Benji & Patty - Chair dance - wow !!!!

5 Chuck & Melissa

6 Arjay & Melissa

7 Myles & Tessa

8 West Coast Swing - then Lindy Hop

9 Michael & Jen

10 Pete & Lacey

11 Jordan & Tatiana

12 Richard & Maria

13 Benji & Heidi - 2nd try is superb!

14 Jordan and Tatiana

15 Jordon & Tatiana

16 Luis Crespo and Patty - Wow!

17 Doug & Patty - delightfully simple

18 Jordan Frisbee & Melissa Rutz

19 Jordan & Tatiana

Boogie Woogie
Dance associated with Boogie-Woogie style music

1 Espen & Tina

2 (unattributed)

3 Will & Maeva

4 Inge & Marianne

5 Aina & Joergen

6 "all that Boogie Woogie"

7 Norwegian!

8 World Championships 2007

Charleston
The dance style which morphed into Lindy-Hop

1 Charleston !

2 Quickstep vs. Charleston

3 The Lawrence Welk Show, celebrates Charleston

4 Charleston brought up to date!

5 another modern fusion

6 Flappers

7 A study of the period!

8 More wacky period stuff

9 ILHC 2909 Solo Charleston

10 The Cherry Blossoms

Shim Sham
1930's novelty dance

1 Fritz & Alex - basic steps demonstration

2 Lead by the legendary Frankie Manning

3 Al & Leon’s version of the Shim Sham (1930's)

4 Shim Sham for Frankie

5 Global Shim Sham in memory of Frankie Manning

Rock'n'Roll
In 1956 Bill Hayley set the demarcation between the preceding Swing Dance styles & modern R'n'R/Jive. However, early dance examples are mostly Lindy !

1 Razzle Dazzle

2 Gonna Rip it up

3 1959 Jukebox Rhythm

4 Untamed Youth (1957)

5 R'n'R - the Early Days (long)

6 Lots of Rock/Swing/Jive styles in a jumble

7 "Bill Haley Orchestra" - what a band!

8 The Twist - a dance inspired by R'n'R

Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
Awesome gymnastic aerials fused with RnR

1 Europe 2007

2 Andre & Meike

3 Noémie & Mickael

4 Noémie & Mickael

Ballroom Jive
The standardised version of Jive

1 Jive with attitude

2 Andrej & Katarina

3 Bryan & Carmen

4 Jive with a touch of Country & Western

5 2005 World Championships

Modern Jive
Jiving to modern music. Again, aerials less common than seen here

1 Selection of moves

2 More examples

3 They call it Megaroc in Australia !

Other Swing
A collection of other Swing Dance clips that we have found difficult to classify

1 William & Maeva

2 Marcus & Bärbl - Balboa/Collegiate Shag

3 The Harlem Hot Shots

4 Lindy & Balboa

5 Lindy & Balboa - superb

6 All sorts of amazing stuff!

7 Dances that Rock & Swing

8 Swing Extreme

Samba
Starting with Samba as danced in its native environment

1 Street dancing

2 Ballroom Samba (unattributed)

3 US Strictly Come Dancing

4 Max & Yulia (Samba & Cha Cha rhythms)

Argentine Tango
The dance of spontaneous passion !

1 Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman

2 La Cumparsita - film version

3 La Cumparsita - stage version

4 La Cumparsita - another stage version

5 Larroca

6 Arnie style

7 Delicously slow - admire the initial embrace

8 Teaching the street kids !

9 Shall we dance ? (I wish !)

Flamenco
Flamenco has a number of style variations, some of which are included below

1 Alegria

2 Alegria

3 Buleria - El Corral de la Morería

4 Tangos

Belly Dancing
One of the oldest known dance styles - has a surprisingly large following in East Anglia

1 Performance by local troupe Eceni

2 Sadie

3 Tabla Solo improv by Ishtar bellydancer

Strictly Classics
For Ballroom we refer you to the BBC Strictly Come Dancing website - below a few irresistible classics

1 John Sergeant doing his sack of potatoes routine

2 John & Kristina - sentimental farewell dance

3 US version - raunchy

Line Dancing
Dance associated with Country & Western music

1 Everlasting

2 Tush Push

3 Good Time

4 Cowboys don't Line Dance

5 Feel the love

6 Country Roads

7 2-Step & Swing (partner dance) - with attitude!

8 Lover Please Come Back (partner dance)

9 Summer Night Lovin you (partner dance)

10 Pretty Baby (partner dance)

Fred & Ginger
The definitive reference for dancing with style !

1 Roberta (1935) - Smoke gets in your eyes

2 Roberta (1935) - Too Hot to Handle

3 Follow the Fleet (1936) - Let yourself go

4 Swing Time (1936) - Hard to handle

Misc Other
YouTube has a habit of steering searches away from the intended subject matter. Here are a few misdirections we could not resist including !

1 Harlem in Heaven (1932) - stair dance (Tap)

2 D Ray White - makes tap look easy!

3 Try this routine at your local disco!

4 The dancer’s nightmare - playing hard to get !

5 Tap with a touch of Swing

6 Dean Martin & The Andrews Sisters

7 Liberace (1969) - plays Boogie Woogie

8 Liberace (1969) - with Jack Benny

9 Mr Preview - similar to the above ?

10 Dance @ Liverpool Street Station

11 Charlie & Tommy do the Quickstep

[ above list built 12:21 14-Oct ]

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