what is lindy hop dancing
Lindy Hop is danced in couples (a pair consisting of a lead and a follow), although the couple need not consist of a man and a woman: both men and women may take the role of either lead or follow. It is a social dance, meaning that we do not have a fixed `dance partnerâ like one often finds in other dances.
Lindy Hop was so named after Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris in 1927, when the newspaper headline read: LINDY HOPS THE ATLANTIC. The dance has no hop in it. On the contrary, it is smooth and solid, and while there is a constant rhythmic 8-count pulse that you feel in your bones, there is no hopping, bopping, or prancing in the dance. Lindy Hop, also known as Jitterbug, is the authentic Afro-Euro-American Swing dance. It is an unabashedly joyful dance, with a solid, flowing style that closely reflects its music -- from the late 20's hot Jazz to the early 40's Big Bands.