From Jitterbug to Chicago Bop

Part 2 of "From Swing to Chicago Step" dance instruction series. Ron Parker shows the evolution of Swing from the "Jitterbug" step to the mid-western "Bop" step. Available from http://www.centralavedance.com/node/29

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• steppin
• jitterbug
• swing
• African
• black
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• ron
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• lindy
• hop

[ddsharper]

Do you know a lot of black Lindy hoppers? Want to sponsor a contest to bring this back to our communities. lemme know. great channel. document!! also, where are the black ham bone performers?

[SwingingInTheHood]

@ddsharper

Contact Paulette Brockingham, a Black woman who has ran the American Lindy Hop Championships in Connecticut for the past several years. Google "American Lindy Hop Championships".

It appears that most American Blacks are enamored of Urban Ballroom and Chicago Step and little else. Paulette has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get DC Hand Dancers support for years.

[gfitz1999]

You broke it down nicely! What's your background? Do you have a degree in dance? Again, very well done!

[SwingingInTheHood]

While I don't hold a degree in dance, I am a trained dancer. I've taken dance classes that range from waltz to tango to salsa to swing to ballet to African. I regularly dance around 15 different ballroom and social dances every week. L.A. Bop (a.k.a. "The Hop") and Cha Cha (a.k.a "The Texas Hop") were the very first dances I was introduced to as a young boy.

[RhythmJunkie]

Where are you getin' your info from? The original 6-count step didn't have triples and it was called a "Jig Walk" (After Seben 1928) and what everyone calls Charleston inthat clip they were calling the "Break-Away" and Lindy Hop

[SwingingInTheHood]

The "Break-Away" begat the Lindy, which has an 8-count basic. I believe my video specifically mentions the "Jitterbug" step which is, by definition, the 6-count version of Swing. I get my information from history and experience: I was taught, in the late 60's, a dance called alternately "Hop" and "Bop". It is one of the swing permutations that I demonstrate. The Chicago "Bop" step I got from a woman who lived in Chicago during the 60's.

[Nanadsyl]

Wow good break down. Im from Chicago and thats how Iearned to bop in the 70s.

[edejan]

Beautifully and simply shown. You rock!

[SJBranam]

Good teachin ;)

[ddsharper]

@SwingingInTheHood thanks so much. maybe some financial incentives will help us preserve our culture in dance. great vids. appreciate you.

[ironclodaleeby]

Good video! Very clear and helpful. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

[htomec1]

Great history lesson. Thank u.

[kroseoleary]

Really great demo, so easy to follow & learn. Love the history & regional style info. I'm learning Detroit-style Ballroom and it's so fun and great to see the lineage from swing and lindy. Thanks!

[mrsnickjonas4evr]

this really helpedd

cause our school needed some people to do the jitterbug!!