Modern Jive Beginners Complete Dance Lesson 1

[Dav123xyz]

doesn't look basic to me!

[xenafan40]

weird music to accompany it

[Rybosomak]

shit

[susiejive]

great for encouraging others to think about learning... I have been modern jiving for 12 years now and love it! I am going to share this video with friends to get them to come to my dance club

[Valladin]

I'm not sure how I feel about modern jive, - started out doing east coast and moved to lindy but this version seems to just be mixing in a few steps from here there and everywhere, starting to look at bit like ceroc. But thats just my opinion, if it works it works i guess. Think original ive is alot more exiting though :)

[Predicton]

@Valladin Interesting comment that V. My wife and I looked at loads of different dances, trying to find one where the bloke didn't look a complete ponce (goodbye Salsa et al, shame really since we had a flat in Mallorca) and the only one which fit the bill was Ceroc. It reminded me of the GI's and the Teddy Boys. This version's quite close but there's still a lot of insipid flouncing about going on. It would benefit from a more dynamic, "raw power" display from the bloke.

[shadowshogun]

I love dancing and I'm always looking to learn new styles and moves. I had never heard of Jive before, but listening to a song on my library by Johnny Otis i got curious what Hand Jive was and so i ended up with this video. It's really good. Clear instructions. They're great moves!! Now I'm really interrested in learning Modern Jive. Thank you for posting this video!! ^^

[nolamca]

im doing a fund rasing event for charity and have never jived b4 im a lad of 24 and my mates wud say im mad tryin to learn old stuff but to watch this type of dance in full swing is excellent, at present im like an ashtray on a motorbike useless is there like a crashcourse ya cud learn this stuff fairly quick ta look well and get me bye on this event????

[naturally2]

checkout our site and download some beginner video files and you'll be fine. The site is jivemecrazy dot com

[bittertea]

Wow.... all the how to jive videos from the UK.

[Czerniakowska]

As always with modern jive, it's not clear what's meant by "beginners". What period of tuition would be required for someone who had never danced modern jive before to master these moves? Three or four years?

[naturally2]

We teach 21 beginner moves and cycle them continually. People who have never danced these moves before, often master them in 6 months. It's not about being masters though - it's about having fun and looking good.

[Dav123xyz]

@naturally2 that sounds like a good approach...tho' having fun is first and foremost to me. I was doing this a year or so ago and had to pack it in due to the distance to the class (the money ran out). + there was little encouragement from teacher ....disappointing. YOu sound different.

[engywuck85]

Why this music? I'm a beginner and don't even recognize the steps as a jive!? Nevertheless good explained!

[naturally2]

You're right. Modern Jive is not technically like Jive at all in the footwork. That's why you see it danced to contemporary hits between 110 and 140 beats per minute. Jive on the other hand requires much faster music and you're hard pressed to find a club playing much of it. Thanks for the compliments too. :D

[Czerniakowska]

Fair comment, but the original point regarding the choice of music for this clip is valid. The beat doesn't seem to bear any relationship to the steps being performed and the impression is that it may have been dubbed on later by someone with absolutely no knowledge of modern jive (or conversely, by a modern jiver with no knowledge of music).

[meetme4coffee]

Excellent moves, Easy to follow and fun to perform. Love ya work.Look forward to seeing more.

[ninablanch]

great beginner moves.