Swing Dancing

This book is intended to serve as a guide to various forms of swing dancing, and will ideally contain descriptions and pictures of various moves. This textbook is of course not meant to be a replacement for actual practice and lessons, but a reference and source of new ideas.

Technique

1. Etiquette
2. Connection
3. Musicality

Basic Swing Dances

1. Charleston
2. Lindy Hop
3. East Coast Swing
4. Balboa
5. Collegiate Shag
6. West Coast Swing

Dance Moves

1. Sugar Push
2. Skip up
3. Side Pass
4. Circle
5. Groucho
6. Silly moves
7. Jazz dance moves
8. Aerials

Appendix

1. Swing dance glossary

External Links

• Ross Mernuk's Swing Dance Steps - Comprehensive listing, including a "cheat sheet"
• Keith Edwards's move list
• Jiveoholics Anonymous Dance Step Database - Steps for modern jive, many of which can be used in swing dancing.