Swing and Boogie Woogie Dance
Swing was a style of dance that was popularized by big bands during the era from about 1930 until the Second World War. Swing dance music had its origins in the jazz music of the time. It was a lively energetic music that encouraged people to dance and have fun at a time when the great depression was taking a significant toll on the morale of … Keep Reading → the U.S. as well as the rest of the world. Two of the most popular of the swing dances were the lindy hop and the jitterbug. Some of the leading figures of the big bands and swing music became legends of music. Examples include bandleaders Count Basie and Tommy Dorsey and two of the best drummers of any era, Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. The boogie woogie dance was a form of swing dance that became popular along with boogie woogie music during World War II.
