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    The document provides an overview of the jive dance, including its origins, characteristics, distinctive steps, evolution over time, and typical costumes. It began in the 1930s as a lively variation of the jitterbug dance influenced by styles like boogie, rock & roll, and Lindy hop. The basic jive step is a 6-beat pattern incorporating a rock step and two chasse steps. Over the decades, jive evolved into different styles like Lindy hop, swing, boogie woogie, and rock 'n' roll to adapt to changing music. Typical jive costumes for men include coats, shirts, and trousers while women often wear colorful short dresses and high heels.

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    The document provides an overview of the jive dance, including its origins, characteristics, distinctive steps, evolution over time, and typical costumes. It began in the 1930s as a lively variation of the jitterbug dance influenced by styles like boogie, rock & roll, and Lindy hop. The basic jive step is a 6-beat pattern incorporating a rock step and two chasse steps. Over the decades, jive evolved into different styles like Lindy hop, swing, boogie woogie, and rock 'n' roll to adapt to changing music. Typical jive costumes for men include coats, shirts, and trousers while women often wear colorful short dresses and high heels.

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    THE

    JIVE
    DANCE
    INTRODUCTION
     Jive is a lively, and uninhibited variation of the
    jitterbug.
     It is one of the five International Latin dances (Jive,
    Cha Cha Cha, Paso doble, Rumba and Samba).
     Jive is a very happy, boppy, energetic dance, with
    plenty of knee-lifting, bending, and rocking of the
    hips.
     It is the fastest of the Latin dances. It incorporates
    lots of kicks and flicks, even twirling of the woman,
    and doesn't move around the dance floor like other
    dances.
     Although jive dancers may appear to be moving
    their feet haphazardly in every direction, the feet
    are actually well-controlled under the body with the
    knees close together.
     Jive is danced to the staggering speeds of up to 176
    beats per minute but sometimes it can be slowed
    down to about 128 to 160 beats per minute.
     Jive is a dance style that originated in the
    United States from African-Americans in the
    early 1930s during the “swing era”.
     Jive was influenced by the Boogie, Rock &
    Roll, African/American Swing and Lindy hop.
     In the United States the term “Swing” became
    the most common word used to describe the
    dance, and the term "jive" was adopted in the
    UK. The name either comes from jive being a
    form of glib talk or from African dance terms.
     During the 1930s, jive was first demonstrated
    by Cab Calloway, an American jazz singer,
    dancer, and bandleader.

    HISTORY
    Cab Calloway
     Jive and East Coast swing share many figures, as
    well as the same music style and tempo.
     The basic look and feel of jive are that it is
    performed with lots and lots of energy, with the
    legs portraying a pumping action. Both the East
    Coast swing and basic jive consist of two triple
    steps and a rock step.
     The jive differs in that the count begins with the
    rock step, which is counted "1, 2." The two triple
    steps are counted "3 and 4" and "5 and 6." In
    competition, it is danced at 176 beats per minute.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF JIVE
    DANCING
    DISTINCTIVE JIVE DANCE STEPS

    The basic jive step (jive basic) is a 6-beat pattern:


     The man and woman face each other with arms in the closed position and the man leads.
     Rock step (counts 1 and 2): Step one foot behind the other and lift the front foot up. The
    man steps back with his left foot while the woman steps backward with her right foot.
     Chasse to the left (counts 3 and 4) The man goes left, the woman goes right.
     Chasse to the right (counts 5 and 6) The man goes right, the woman goes left.

    A few distinctive Jive steps:


     American Spin
     Throwaway
     Comb
     Chicken Walks
     Arm Breaker
     Jig Walks
    There are many different styles of Jive
    that have adjusted to the various
    music phases throughout the decades .
    The different styles of Jive include
     LINDY HOP
    It is a partner dance that originated in
    1920’s. The dance consists of 8 and 6 count
    steps and it includes footwork borrowed
    from the Charleston and Tap. The dance can
    be wild and spontaneous with frenzied kicks
    and body movements

    EVOLUTION OF JIVE
     SWING
    West Coast Swing was developed in the 1940s,
    as a stylistic variation on the Los Angeles style
    of the Lindy Hop.
    It can be danced to a variety of music like blues,
    country western, pop, rock and roll, etc.

     BOOGIE WOOGIE
    Boogie Woogie was originated in Central Europe
    in the mid 1950s.
    It is a playful and improvised couple dance,
    often in medium or slightly fast tempo, with a
    significant footwork based on musical
    interpretation.
    ROCK ’N’ ROLL
    It is a very athletic, competitive form of partner
    dance.
    It is danced by both couples and groups, either all-
    female or four to eight couples together.
    This is very fast and physically demanding dance.

    FRENCH JIVE
    Modern Jive is also called the French jive, reflecting
    the origins of the style, as is the term “Smooth
    Jive”.
    The word ‘modern’ distinguishes it from Ballroom
    Jive
    HAND JIVE
    The hand jive is a dance particularly
    associated with music of the
    1950s, rhythm and blues in particular.
    It involves a complicated pattern of
    hand moves and claps at various
    parts of the body, following and/or
    imitating the percussion instruments.
    It resembles a highly elaborate
    version of pat-a-cake. Hand moves
    include thigh slapping, crossing the
    wrists, fist pounding, hand clapping,
    and hitch hike moves.
     The costumes worn by men during Jive
    include an overcoat, a shirt, a trouser,
    and a pair of dancing shoes.
     While for the female performer they
    include a colorful short dress and a pair
    of high heel shoes
     Modern Jive is a relaxed and casual style
    of dance and the clothing most people
    wear reflect this. We do of course have
    occasions where we all dress up but
    generally for lesson nights please wear
    what you feel comfortable in. This can be
    jeans, t-shirts, formal shirts, dresses,
    skirt, blouses etc.
    JIVE COSTUME
    THANK YOU. HAPPY DANCING 

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