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Jive (dance)

Dance style

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History

To the players of swing music in the 1930s and 1940s, jive was an expression denoting glib or foolish talk.

American soldiers brought lindy hop and jitterbug to Europe around 1940, where this dance swiftly found a following among the young. In the United States, "swing" became the most common word for the dance, and the term "jive" was adopted in the UK. Variations in technique led to styles such as boogie-woogie and swing boogie, with "jive" gradually emerging as the term in the UK.

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