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Hollywood Side Pass The Hollywood side pass begins with a step step. Lead Count 1 Feet: Step straight back on the left foot. Torso: The step moves the whole body back. Count 2 Feet: Step left with the right foot, to move out of the slot. Counts 3 and 4 Feet: Triple step. Counts 5 and 6: Sync up Feet: ...

Jitterbug Side Pass The Jitterbug side pass begins with a rock step. Lead Count 1 Feet: He steps straight back onto his left foot. Arms: Push away. Count 2 Feet: He steps in place onto his right foot. Arms: Pull back. Counts 3 and 4 Feet: Triple step. Arms: Pull through. Counts 5 and 6: Sync Up Feet: Triple step ...

Side pass The side pass is an essential move for Lindy Hop and all swing dances. The girl (follow) starts on one side of the guy (lead) and moves to the other side, usually in 6 or 8 counts. There are many variations. The key variations of the side pass are the Jitterbug and Hollywood side passes.

Hollywood Sugar Push The lead pulls the follow for three counts and then pushes her back to where she started for three counts. Both lead and follow end up where they started. Lead Counts 1 and 2 Feet: Step back with the left foot, step together with the right foot. Body: The body moves back to pull the follow in. ...

Jitterbug Sugar Push Both lead and follow start with rock steps. The lead then pulls the follow close for two counts (a triple step) and then he pushes her back into open for two counts (a triple step). Both lead and follow end up where they started. Lead Counts 1 and 2 Feet: Step back with the left foot, step ...

The sugar push is one of the basic moves of Lindy Hop and all swing dances. The lead and follow stay where they are for 6 counts. The sugar push is very stylized, bringing both partners close together and then returning them to where they started, just like in the swingout. This is often led with two arms. The key variations ...

The swingout is the defining dance move of Lindy Hop. The swingout evolved from the breakaway, which in turn evolved from the Texas Tommy. The first documented mention of the swingout pattern that resembles breakaway was in 1911, to describe a “Texas Tommy Swing” show done at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco, CA, USA. Variations are used in Jive, ...

Lindy Hop has been featured in popular media since its inception. Variants include the Double Lindy and Triple Lindy. It featured in several music videos, including Marilyn Manson’s “Mobscene”, the 2002 music video to Elvis Presley vs. JXL remix of “A Little Less Conversation”, the 2007 music video to Christina Aguilera’s song “Candyman, the 2008 video release from Millencolin; Detox ...

The small village of Herräng in Sweden (north of Stockholm) has unofficially become the international mecca of Lindy Hop thanks to the annual Herräng Dance Camp formerly run by the Rhythm Hot Shots, with an attendance from around 40 countries.

The Lindy Hop was born in black communities in Harlem, New York, in the United States from about 1927 into the early 1930s from four possible sources: the breakaway, the Charleston, the Texas Tommy, and the hop. One alleged source of the dance’s name is the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was nicknamed “Lucky Lindy”. After Lindbergh’s solo non-stop flight ...