Others dances sometimes placed under the umbrella " ballroom dance " include Nightclub Dances such as Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Nightclub Two Step, Hustle, Salsa, and Merengue.

In Europe, Latin Swing dances include Argentine Tango, Mambo, Lindy Hop, Swing Boogie ( sometimes also known as Nostalgic Boogie ), and Disco Fox.

It is especially important in Argentine Tango, Lindy Hop, Balboa, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Salsa, Contra dance, Modern Jive and other styles of partner dance.

In some styles of Lindy Hop, the tension may become quite high without initiating movement.

The dance evolved from the Lindy Hop with the work of the Arthur Murray dance studios in the 1940s.

It has alternatively been called Eastern Swing, Jitterbug, American Swing, East Coast Lindy, Lindy ( not to be confused with Lindy Hop ), and Triple Swing.

This form of swing dance is strictly based in six-count patterns that are simplified forms of the original patterns copied from Lindy Hop.

While based on Lindy Hop, it does have clear distinctions.

Lindy Hop was never standardized and later became the inspiration for several other dance forms such as: ( European ) Boogie Woogie, Jive, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing and Rock and Roll.

In practice on the social dance floor, the six count steps of the East Coast Swing are often mixed with the eight count steps of Lindy Hop, Charleston, and less frequently, Balboa.

Hollywood-style Lindy Hop is a variety of Lindy Hop, an American vernacular dance.

It is also sometimes referred to as Dean Collins or Smooth-style, but these terms also sometimes refer to different styles of Lindy Hop.

The Hollywood style is also a slotted dance, meaning the follower travels in a straight line instead of the more elliptical or circular Savoy-style Lindy Hop.

A popular variation of Hollywood-Style Lindy Hop called LA-style Lindy Hop has a few technical changes in the footwork and fewer steps.

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Dancing the Lindy Hop at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Sacramento, California, USA ( 2006 )

The video was directed by Lindy Heymann, and features actor John Hurt performing the song in drag.

The main new works staged by the company have been The Little Mermaid by Anne Boyd ( 1985 ); Metamorphosis by Brian Howard ( 1985 ); Voss by Richard Meale ( 1986 ); Whitsunday by Howard ( 1988 ); Mer de glace by Richard Meale ( 1992 ); The Golem by Larry Sitsky ( 1993 ); The Eighth Wonder by Alan John ( 1995 ); Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Richard Mills ( 1999 ); Batavia by Richard Mills ( 2001 ); Love in the Age of Therapy by Paul Grabowsky ( OzOpera 2002 ); Lindy by Moya Henderson ( 2003 ); Madeline Lee by John Haddock ( 2004 ); Bliss ( 2010 ) by Brett Dean.

The Harlem Lindy Hop dance club and zoot suit culture forms a colourful backdrop in the early part of Spike Lee's film Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington.

The film is a drama that portrays the story of Lindy Chamberlain, who was convicted ( in 1982 ) of killing her baby daughter, Azaria, in one of Australia's most publicized murder trials.

The film was adapted by Marshall Brickman, Neal Jimenez and Lindy Laub from a story by Jimenez and Laub.

Gay film historian Vito Russo cites the character Lindy, played by Antonio Fargas, as being both funny and challenging through his gay militancy.

The story has been made into a TV movie, the feature film Evil Angels ( released outside of Australia and New Zealand as A Cry in the Dark ), a TV miniseries, a play by Brooke Pierce, a concept album by Australian band The Paradise Motel and an opera, Lindy, by Moya Henderson.

In 2011 romantic fantasy film, Beastly the female lead, Lindy Taylor appear to be eating Jujyfruits while drinking latte when Kyle saw her walking alone at night.

The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and stars Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Lindy Booth and Kevin Zegers.

Some partner dances such as Lindy Hop involve an open position which encourages each partner to improvise alone, yet others, such as Argentine Tango may involve a " close embrace " or closed position which require Followers to follow the Lead more comprehensively.

1988 also saw the release of the drama Evil Angels ( released outside of Australia and New Zealand as A Cry in the Dark ) about the Lindy Chamberlain saga, in which a baby was taken by a dingo at Ayers Rock and her mother was accused of having murdered the child.

The term ' Savoy-style Lindy Hop ' applies a generic relationship between all African American Lindy Hoppers ( and aficionados of their styles ) which ignores the variety and diversity of Lindy Hop in the 1930s and 40s.

Despite the differences noted above, there are marked tropes in African American and African dances which are present in the Lindy Hop of these dancers in this period.

Swedish Lindy Hoppers preserve much of the old-style technique which was passed on to them by Frankie Manning, through various visits in the 1980s and 1990s.

The more modern footwork consists of smooth and continuous floor contact, sliding and gliding-type steps versus hopping and jumping-type steps of the older style which stylistically still held elements of its Jitterbug / Lindy Hop roots, and there are no aerials.

Unlike most ballroom dances which tend to use the music as a metronome to guide the dance, Lindy Hop, West Coast swing, Argentine Tango, for example, view matching your dancing to the spirit / mood of the music is the highest goal achievable.

The Andrews Sisters sang some boogies, and after the floodgates were open, it was expected that every big band should have one or two boogie numbers in their repertoire, as the dancers were learning to jitterbug and do the Lindy Hop, which required the boogie-woogie beat.

It is derived from many other dances including French Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, and Rock and Roll, the main change being simplified footwork which makes it more accessible to beginners.

Later in 1939, the group performed a Big Apple sequence for the movie Keep Punching, which has been recreated by Lindy hop performance groups since the 1990s.

At this time, the most popular fast dance was jitterbug, which was described as " a frenetic leftover of the swing era ballroom days that was only slightly less acrobatic than Lindy.

More than three years later, while searching for the body of an English tourist who fell from Uluru, police discover a small item of clothing that is identified as the jacket Lindy had insisted Azaria was wearing over her jumpsuit, which had been recovered early in the investigation.

He was runner-up for the Jack Adams Award, which was awarded to Lindy Ruff in the closest vote ever recorded for this award, 155 – 154.

The first bill that the House passed that year, House Resolution 1, officially recognized Hale Boggs's death, opening the door for a special election, which Lindy Boggs won, running as a Democrat in the New Orleans-based 2nd District.

Alice Lynne " Lindy " Chamberlain-Creighton ( born 4 March 1948 ) is a New Zealand-born Australian woman who was at the centre of one of Australia's most publicised murder trials in which she was falsely accused and convicted of killing her nine-week old daughter, Azaria, while camping at Uluru ( then known as Ayers Rock ) in 1980.

One of the key elements of a Jack & Jill contest in the US West Coast Swing and Lindy Hop communities is the element of improvisation, which is why choreography is not allowed.

On Halloween, Lindy is the only brave one to knock on the spookiest house on the block, which happens to belong to the Professor, and the three become more acquainted with him.

Abdullah has a confrontation with Lindy ( Antonio Fargas ) and sharply criticizes Lindy's transvestite status, to which Lindy coolly replies, " I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get ".

The National Museum of Australia has in its collection over 250 items related to the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, which Lindy Chamberlain has helped document.

" By the late 1920s, Breakaway had been incorporated into Lindy Hop, which replaced it as a popular social dance.