Dance	Family	Origin	Difficulty	Music	Technique Emphasis	Style	Fashion
West Coast Swing	Descendant of Lindy Hop	California, USA 1940’s	High	R&B, Blues, Pop, Funk, etc. Popular music from each decade	Linear, Elastic Action-Reaction, Balanced conversation, Walks & Triple steps	Dynamic, Funky, Sexy, Groove	Trendy-Classy What you would wear to a night club. Low heels or trendy flats.
Lindy Hop	The original Swing dance	New York, USA 1920’s	Medium-High	1920’s-1950’s jazz, blues & big band	Circular, Low, Leveraged, Original Jazz Footwork, Rocksteps & Triple steps	Fast, Casual, Carefree, Athletic	Some very casual, some dress in 1940’s theme costumes
East Coast Swing	Descendant of Lindy Hop	North America 1950’s	Low	Old-time rock & roll, big band, rockabilly	Diluted Lindy Hop Lilt/Bounce Rocksteps & Triple Steps	Bouncy, Casual, Easy	Same as Lindy Hop
Shag	Cousin of Lindy Hop	SouthEast USA 1920’s	Medium	Beach Music, Blues	Linear, Intricate footwork, Features the man, Rocksteps & Triples steps	Smooth, floating, contained	Casual. Sandals are common
Hand Dancing	Decendant of Lindy Hop	NorthEast USA 1950’s	Medium	R&B, Funk, Blues	Linear, Body Isolations, Tandem movements Spins & Hand Changes	Funky, Soulful, Fast, Sexy	Same as WCS
Jive	Descendant of Lindy Hop	North America 1950’s	High	Big Band, Rockabilly	Circular, High Knees, Vertical pulse, Rocksteps & Triple steps	Bouncy, Fast Precise, Aggressive	More dressy More ladies wear skirts & heels
Ceroc/Modern Jive	Descendant of Lindy Hop	France, UK 1980’s	Low	Pop, Dance, R&B	Circular, Single Steps, Simple Patterns	Fast, Smooth, Dips & Tricks	Same as WCS
Salsa	Latin Street dance	Central/South America. Current form: 1960’s	Low	Latin, Mambo, Salsa	Circular Cuban Motion (hips) Triple Steps, Spins & Hand changes	Fast, Sexy, Dips & Tricks	Dressy-Casual More ladies wear skirts & heels
Country Western	Collection of borrowed dances	North America 1980’s	depends on the dance	Country Western	Patterns and lines, less on musical interpretation & groove	Cute, Pose-y, variable levels of technique	Some casual, some dress in mild Western attire
Blues	Cousin of Lindy Hop	America 1900s (debatable)	Low	Slow Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz	Known as the Lindy Hopper’s slow dance. Lead-follow focused. Unregimented. Some vintage movement. Controversial.	Visceral, dynamic, slow, musical.	Very casual
Zouk	South American Street dance	Central, South America	Medium	Lambada, Reggae, R&B	Circular. Spins and turns, Body rolling and hair/head rolling.	Latin, slow, sensual, relaxed.	Like Salsa