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Lindy Hop

• What is Lindy Hop?
  • Margaret Batiuchok Lindy Thesis
• Lindy Hop Steps
• Class Material of Jitterbug/Lindy and Balboa/St. Louis Shag classes

What is Lindy Hop?

Precursor of East Coast: both 8-count and 6-count patterns. The original swing. Lindy Hop has lots of kicks that you don't have in any other type of swing. Has an 8 count basic (1 2 3&4 5 6 7&8), but typically includes 6 count patterns.

"There is also the Lindy style, danced often around Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA. This is a revolving style of Swing, done to fairly fast music, that mixes 6 and 8 count patterns including the whip. Lindy also uses many throw outs, so as in WCS (but less often in ECS) the partners are in an extended position. Something more subtle is the lead; the lead gives the follower minimal time to react -- West Coast Swing and others who have not grown up doing the Lindy almost invariably feel like the "correct" Lindy lead happens too late.

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