How to Dance Jive

The Jive is a dance style derived from many other dance like the swing, lindy hop and rock and roll and even salsa. The jive is one of the easiest of all five Latin dance's to learn, jive footwork is ultra simple, the basic steps of jive consist of six patterns counting steps the male is usually the leader. The count's are 1 and 2 chasse to the left 3 and 4 chasse to the right count 5 and 6 is the rock step ( left foot step back right foot step is mirrored by the woman). While dancing the jive the face's is emotionless and the feet is well controlled under the body. The jive does incorporate a lot bending and lifting, twirling across the floor.

In 1942, an American soldier brought back the dance the lindy hop and jitterbug to Europe the two dance's found a following among the younger generation. The term swing in the united states became the most common word used to describe the word dance. The UK techniques led to dance styles such as boogie-woogie and the swing. Then merging into the genetic term the Jive. English instructors developed the elegant and lively ballroom Jive, danced to slightly slower music. In 1968 the jive was adopted into the international Latin dance competitions.The modern form of ballroom jive in the 1990s-present, is a very happy and boppy dance, the lifting of knees and the bending or rocking of the hips often occurs.