![]() ![]() Jive can be danced to swing music and jump blues in the tempo range of about 200 beats per minute. Although Jive dancers may appear to be moving their feet haphazardly in every direction, the feet are actually well-controlled under the body with the knees close together. The fastest of the Latin dances, Jive incorporates lots of kicks and flicks, even twirling of the woman, and doesn't move around the dance floor like other dances. Jive is a very happy, boppy, energetic dance, with plenty of knee-lifting, bending, and rocking of the hips. A lively, and uninhibited variation of Jitterbug, many of its basic patterns are similar to those of East Coast Swing. Jive is one of the five International Latin dances. It was influenced by the Boogie, Rock & Roll, African/American Swing and Lindyhop. The Jive originating in the United States in the 1940s.
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