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What are the five most common moves in Swing dancing?

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Well, swing dancing is a catch-all term for dozens of different styles of dance. I dance Lindy Hop, the style that originated in Harlem in the early 30's and was the pre-cursor and source or at least influence to many other styles that evolved la... read more

I would say the five most common Lindy Hop moves I am led into on the social dance floor are: Tuck turn (outside turn from closed to open), Underarm turn (inside turn from open to open), swingout (the essential move of lindy hop), side-by-side charleston, and promenade (walking and strutting in various forms). read more

Whether dancing the cayengue, or the tango vals, or the milonga type of Argentine tango (a tango that sounds like a samba), the common move is the figure eight swivels - called “the ochos’. That’s five. read more

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