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    West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop, characterized by an elastic look that results from its extension-compression technique of...
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  • East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social partner dance. It belongs to the group of swing dances. It is danced under fast swing music, including: big...
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    term "swing dancing" is often extended to include other dances that do not have certain characteristics of traditional swing dances: West Coast Swing, Carolina...
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    "Texas Tommy Swing" show done at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Its variants are used in Jive, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing and Modern Jive...
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    American Merengue, American Paso Doble, American Samba, American West Coast Swing, American Polka, and American Hustle as ballroom dances in which sanctioned...
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  • Coaster Step (category West Coast Swing dance moves)
    stepped forward and the Lindy leader remained in place. In the 1950s, West Coast Swing was popularized by Skippy Blair, who within time introduced the Anchor...
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  • East Coast Swing Hand dancing Hand Jive Jitterbug Jive Jumpin' Joe Leroc Lindy Hop Modern Jive Rock and Roll Single Swing Skip jive St. Louis Shag West Coast...
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  • Buddy Schwimmer (1950 – September 13, 2023[citation needed]) was a West Coast Swing dancer and choreographer, credited with inventing nightclub two-step...
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  • return for season 14 of Dancing With The Stars. Schwimmer competes in West Coast Swing and International Latin dance styles. She made an appearance in Jon...
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  • only one basic step which can be easily mastered. Others, such as West Coast Swing, have multiple basic steps, any of which can theoretically be selected...
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  • also introduced four new dances: the hustle, jitterbug, salsa, and West Coast Swing. Model and host Brooke Burke and Derek Hough were crowned the champions...
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  • the US, Jack & Jill contests are extremely popular in the national West Coast Swing and Lindy Hop communities. Rules vary in events across the country...
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  • dance) Wayang wong Weapon dance West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States) Western swing (United States) Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS) Western...
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  • Dean Collins (dancer) (category West Coast Swing)
    of swing dance. He is often credited with bringing the Lindy Hop from New York to southern California and influencing the development of West Coast Swing...
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  • Advanced dancing of West Coast Swing and the Lindy Hop makes heavy use of "syncopation" in this sense (although swing music and swing dances feature the...
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  • include: West Coast Swing, Dallas Push, Houston Whip, Supreme Swing in Tulsa, Imperial Swing in St. Louis, Alcatraz in New Orleans, Carolina Shag, DC Swing, as...
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    Lindy Hop (category Swing dances)
    Stockholm, and the United Kingdom. West Coast Swing, ballroom swing, and Rock'n'Roll enthusiasts were on the hunt for old swing dancers, as old videos emerged...
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    In American politics, a swing state (also known as battleground state, toss-up state, or purple state) is any state that could reasonably be won by either...
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    to dance to. Swing dance in the 1930s has grown in popularity, taking many dance forms, some of them, such as Lindy Hop or West Coast Swing have survived...
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  • frequently the first of the Florida events in late winter following the "West Coast Swing." National Airlines was the sponsor in 1973 with Gleason, and American...
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  • The tournament is held in the early part of the season known as the "West Coast Swing". The tournament is organized by The Century Club of San Diego, a San...
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  • The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching...
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  • Many forms of dancing use the open position. Modern Jive, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, and Latin are primary examples, but an open position...
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    and mutated into a number of different styles. Dance styles such as West Coast Swing and Modern Jive integrated features of ballroom dances and new music...
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  • Russian/Italian mother and German father. As a child, she studied gymnastics and West Coast Swing. She studied briefly at California State University, Long Beach. She...
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  • mid-winter in the Coachella Valley, it is part of the tour's early season "West Coast Swing." It previously had five rounds of competition (90 holes) rather than...
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  • such as Bachata, Salsa, Argentinian Tango, Contact Improvisation or West Coast Swing. As of 2019, two of the most popular branches of Brazilian Zouk are...
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  • Anchor Step (category West Coast Swing dance moves)
    anchor step, or anchor, is a dance step at the end of a pattern in West Coast Swing dance that is used while maintaining a connection. Although the beginners...
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  • more commonly known as "Texas Tommy", a dance move used in Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Salsa "Apache" (instrumental), a 1960 instrumental by Jerry Lordan...
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  • West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre...
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