Jitterbug Dance by The American Academy of Music and Dance

[craftytinker1]

To the couple in the video, I was around in the era for Happy Days & it's not danced the way you did. No offense at all, but it's like other comments said, you were a little too slow, the dance is more energetic & that was not the Jitterbug music. Happy days is another one. The dancing schools should get the real music for it.

[craftytinker1]

I saw 'the jitterbug' dance on I love Lucy, episode ' Lucy has her eyes examined'. One chapter has Jitterbug 101, followed by 'auditions at the club', it shows Lucy & her dance instructor dance the Jitterbug. Different from the couple on video.

[WizardFumblemore]

Ok so this is what America is a piano that never gets used and a lady that does not even know how to work a booom! box...pathetic people spending to much time watching tv.

[drcurv]

0:05-1:08 Don't you just Love It when your audience really pays rapt attention to what you're telling them? Lol. Enjoyed the dancing, though. Could it have been a little more energetic?

[SadisticOutcast]

nice song and dance

[ZoSentel]

The jitterbug was a dance started by Blacks in the U.S. You can usually go to the juke joints to see people doing the jitterbug.

[tebeauty1]

i love the jitterbug dance but i didnt like how u guys did it sorry (8-(

[icewomen881]

nice



[Azishome]

Contemporary jitterbug as danced in dance competitions is different, and I don't like it nearly as well as the old way.

[cupcakequeen241]

i wuv jitter bug

[bubblie4eva]

wonder where she gets tht skirt. want one...

[Nirgendsburg]

@bubblie4eva: Search on 'poodle skirt' and 'crinolines'. You will also want a pair of saddle shoes (instead of the athletic shoes she is wearing) to complete the look. Nostalgia is still in; replicas should be available, if you cannot find originals in the vintage shops.

[Nirgendsburg]

@bubblie4eva: Hint--a poodle skirt is nothing more than a simple knee-length circle skirt with a poodle decoration sewn on. ;)

[Tonxie]

Kids! Shut up and learn the jitterbug! D:

Seriously, I'm only 20 but I can't get why teenagers can't shut up and listen. :/

I love the Jitterbug. :3

[heelrunner]

What's the dance similar to this, but they incorporate complicated throws and series of flipping partners?

[kzharris336755]

@heelrunner It's Called swing dancing. Check out some Vids from lindyhop411's archives. They got some good ones

[lindyhop411]

@broadway102 It's East Coast Swing. There's actually multiple forms of swing dancing.

[lindyhop411]

@MrCueballz Actually, it's East Coast Swing. If you want to get technical.

[alleykitten214]

awesome! tell me how to do that! now, people dont wear stuff like that, and dance that way anymore. shame. THUMBS UP GUYS!!! :D

[lindyhop411]

@alleykitten214 Actually, it's still going strong. You should try looking up "Lindy Hop". 

[xanos4225]

Then that glory hog McCallister took the last of the supplies and pushed me off a cliff. I fell 8,000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks. Of course people were a lot tougher in those days, I was jitterbuggin' that very night.

[marianopicco]

Nobody dances nowadays, it's like jumping and having seizures

[lindyhop411]

@marianopicco Try looking up "Lindy Hop".  It's actually pretty popular.

[joshandmissfittvideo]

That looks like so much fun! I wouldn't mind dancing if we still danced like that, I hate how we dance nowadays!

[daftrhetoric]

starts at 1:21.

[Magmaisam]

I love her dress, I always one like that. Great dancing anyway.

[mariahandmaddieshow]

what is this song??? its really toe tapping:D LOVE the jitter bug i wish ppl still did that dance lol

[OceanMinded1024]

@mariahandmaddieshow they do, I was at a Lindy Hop/Swing dance this evening haha

[lunardemon]

I wish ppl danced like that now..

[TheChipster91]

This looks like a very classy dance. I wish people danced like that when I was in high school.

[calvyn456]

@TheChipster91 only an american can think that looks classy. fun, yes. classy, noooooo...

[DustinHahnMusic]

@calvyn456 What is deemed classy is purely subjective. Region has nothing to do with it.

[niharrama]

This is where I lived, and the school i went to

[Chloeroxs07]

awesome! Great work on the jitterbug guys! :)

[TwtHrt]

needed this 4 p.e. report. THANX!!

[mussie416]

is this MLK middle school?

[PeiPeisMom]

fast forward to 1:22

[totopito]

thank you peipeismom