Jive

Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.

Jive is one of the five International Latin dances. In competition it is danced at a speed of 44 bars per minute, although in other cases this is reduced to between 32 and 40 bars per minute.

Many of its basic patterns are similar to these of the East Coast Swing with the major difference of highly syncopated rhythm of the Triple Steps (Chasses), which use straight eighths in ECS and hard swing in Jive.

 

The basic step (Jive Basic) is a six beat pattern, comprising eight weight changes.

Leader:
  • Counts 1 2 - Rock step: left foot step back, right foot replace
  • Counts 3 a4 - Chasse to the left
  • Counts 5 a6 - Chasse to the right
The follower's steps are mirrored.
 
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