Styles of Swing  

LINDY HOP: Single and Triple Time 

Frankie Manning and the Savoy style:

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=-pMDf4ciCRs&feature=related

Lindy Hop - Lindy Hop started in the late 1920’s in Harlem, New York, a place where partner dance thrived and jazz music flourished! Both East and West Coast Swing originate from this joyful dance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Hop

www.caljazzdance.com

www.streetswing.com

East Coast  or single time Lindy Hop- From the 1940’s through the 50’s, Jitterbug/East Coast swing was all the rage, and it’s back in style again! It is easy, high energy, fast and fun. Jive and Ceroc are example of swing dance styles that come from East Coast Swing. Find out more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_%28genre%29

Aerials - Moves with a partner that require precise timing, teamwork, and technique. They include for example piggy back, Russian split, hip jump, and duck and dive. They also include tricks, dips, and drops. Most aerials are only acceptable inside a jam circle. Watch the pros in action:

www.dcswingdancing.com

Balboa - Dorf & Lolly Wise added breakaways and swing turns to the Balboa, which nowadays is often referred to as Bal Swing. Balboa can be danced to any speed of music, from slow songs to very fast ones at 300 beats/min. Pure Balboa is probably the easiest way to dance to fast music & enjoy it!
Balboa was very popular among the college Kids in the mid 30`s and is presently enjoying a resurge in popularity-even in Vancouver.
http://www.stevedandrebecca.com/performances.asp (click the top link)Balboa videos
http://www.balboanation.com/marty_val_scx.html (this one loads a bit slow)Balboa videos

Charleston - Lindy Hop evolved for the most part from 20`s Charleston. Please see www.jitterbuzz.com/less3.html for more info.

Jam Circles - A circle of dancers clapping and giving encouragement and support to a couple in the middle. The middle dancers are free to do any flashy stuff to show off their dancing! Jamming is a performance skill! A good entrance & exit with a partner as well as aerials and flashy dance moves are highly admired by the crowd surrounding the dancers. Musicality and good lead follow technique will enhance the performance. Entrances, exits, flashy moves, musicality, hitting breaks, and techniques for dancing to faster tempos.*Jam Material: This is any dance move that needs more space than is available on the social dance floor, but can be done inside a circle of swing dancers with one or two couples in the center of the circle. Also includes flashy moves that are acceptable on the social dance floor.

LINDY HOP IN CHOREOGRAPHY:

• LINDY CHORUS

SWING ROUTINES:

Shim Sham Shimmy

Dean Colins Shim Sham

Blackbottom

Solo Charleston

Jitterbug Stroll

Big Apple: Choreographed or Called

TRANKEY DOO

"fall off the log - shuffle - step step - shake shake, step - step - shake shake"
Created in a club in Chicago (De Lisa) in 1940. A dancer named Trankey Doo
performed this choreography. It was added to and embellished into what we
have today and is done to any song with classic swing structure.

Leon James and Al Minz would do this in their repertoire as they traveled and danced.
(we know 2 versions: Frankie Manning & from The Spirit Moves)

The following info is compliments of the cat.

The Tranky Doo was originally choreographed by Pepsi Bethel. Frankie Manning made his own version.
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Tranky_Doo


And here's a Yehoodi thread that contains some links to various modern
performances, as well as a step list by Mike Faltesek:
http://www.yehoodi. com/phpBB2/ viewtopic. php?t=65572

The Tranky Doo is Lindy Hop Jazz choreography. It first appeared at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem during the 1940s. It was choreographed by Pepsi Bethel.

At that time, it was danced to Tuxedo Junction.

It was common to Lindy hoppers like the Shim Sham.

Notes From Swing Brain

THE TRANKEY DOO:

(Called “Trun-key Doo” on the spirit moves) This dance was choreographed by someone named Frankie Manning while the Congaroo Dancers were playing the Club de Lisa in Chicago (~1940). There was a chorus girl there who they nicknamed "Trankey Doo" and the first two steps of the Trankey Doo dance were her steps that she did. They named the dance in her honor, but the rest of the choreography is all Frankie's. The Congaroos brought the Trankey Doo to the Savoy Ballroom and it was picked up by a lot of dancers there.

• 1 Fall off the log (RF start) arms clap up (curve back and up with the FOL vs straight mvmnt)
• 2 &8&1-Shuffle around - RLRL, 2-7-“low down” – “toe heel step” with S out to side
  (2& toe heel R, 3 out L, 4& toe heel L, 5 out R, 6& toe heel R, 7 out L)
• 3 Repeat 1 - starting with the LF up 4 Repeat 2 - LRLR and (2& toe heel L, 3 out R, 4& toe heel R, 5 out L, 6& toe heel L, 7 out R)
• 5 8-SR turn R, 1-SL, 23-Shake Shake, 4-SL turn L, 5-SR, 67-Clap Clap
• 6 Boogie forward (8 kick RF fwd)
• 7 Repeat 5
• 8 Boogie forward – tap LF on 7 – jump onto LF on 8 – kick RF to the right…
  end of the original Trankie Doo
• 9 8-KR, 1-X RoL, 2-KR, 3-X RoL, 4-turn to R, 5-H, &6-RL while turning, 7-RF, 8-KR (repeat)
• 10 Repeat 9
• 11 Skate to the left – 1234 on LF, 567 on RF, &8 jump on RF – touch LF
• 12 Step back K X – 1 back LF, 2 back RF, 3 touch LF, 4-K LF fwd, 567 turn CW step LRL – face front
   
• 13 Horse (easy) – 8&1-KBC R, 2-SR, 3-slide fwd LKn up, 4-SL, 5&6-KBC R turning CCW, 7-SR
  Horse (hard) - 8&a1-ShuffleBC R, 2-SR, 3-slide fwd LKn up, 4-SL, 5&a6- ShuffleBC turning CCW, 7-SR
  ARMS with the slide - Both up OR punch Rarm up
• 14 Jump Shorty George – 8-L up, &-SR, 1-ShG to L… (hold 4 & 8)
• 15 Cont. Shorty George (hold 4 & 8)
• 16 Cont. Shorty George (no holds)
• 17 Tap break – 8-twist/K RF/clap up, 1-SR, 2-SL, 3-SR, 4-tap L beh, hop and turn CCW 56-K S LF, cont turning CCW back to front 78-K S RF
• 18 CW swing leg turn – 12-swing L fwd, 34-touch L back, 5-XLoR, 6-CW turn, 7-SL
• 19 Repeat 17
• 20 Repeat 18
• 21 Hesitation FOL with tic toc – 8-K RF, 12-R L, 3-lunge R, 4-onto LF, 5-K RF, 6 X RoL, 7-toc/out
• 22 Tic Toc to the R until 7 – evens in, odds out
• 23 Repeat 21
• 24 Repeat 22
• \25-27 Messaround CW x 3
• 28 Truckin’ - 12 L, 34 R, 567 LRL, 8 Hold
• 29 Charleston turn 180* - 12-R fwd, 3-R back, 4-HOLD, 5-X LF back, 7-turn CCW, 8-HOLD
• 30 Charleston turn 180*
• 31 Charleston turn 360*
• 32 Slip Slop – 8 Clap, &1-Slip Lknee up, &2-Slop Rknee up, 34 = run run, &5 LR Rfwd, 6 Hold, &7 RL Lfwd
• 33 Fall off the log turn to L – 8-K R, …, 56-back S L R (facing L), 78- K S LF fwd
• 34 RF Swing kick turn to front- 12-R fwd, 34-R back, 5-X RoL, 7-turn CCW facing front
• 35 Fall off the log turn to R - 8-K L, …, 56-back S R L (facing R), 78- K S RF fwd
• 36 LF Swing kick turn to front - 12-L fwd, 34-L back, 5-X LoR, 7-turn CW facing front
• 37 R knee slap on the evens – RH back (1, 5) and forth (3, 7), LH up
• 38 Shimmy – on 8 snap/Rknee up
• 39 Fishtail – 8-RKn up, 1 H, &2 RL, 34-fish L, 56-fish R, 78-fish L
• 40 Fishtail – 12-R fwd, 34-L fwd, 56-R fwd, 78-L fwd – 8&1-KBC L
• 41-44 Truckin’ x 4 – 2=RF fan out from previous KBC – 34 LF, 56 RF, 78 LF, 12 RF…
• 45 8&1= KBC with RF in a CCW circle with snaps
• 46 Repeat 45
• 47 8-tap Rheel, 1&2- RLR, 3-L, 4-Rknee up/clap/slide, 5&6-RLR, 7
• 48 END?
  1-SR, 2-HOLD, &34-L R L, 5-jump onto RF with LF up and back/snap
• OR 1-hold, &2-jump RL (look girley…), 3-7 Hold, 8=butt pop out (guys ???)