Hollywood-style Lindy Hop
- Hollywood-style Lindy Hop
Hollywood-style Lindy Hop is a variety of
Lindy Hop , an American vernaculardance . It is also sometimes referred to as Dean Collins or Smooth-style, but these terms also sometimes refer to different styles of Lindy Hop.Hollywood is the style seen in 1930s and 1940s movies. It was danced by
Dean Collins ,Jewel McGowan ,Hal Takier ,Jean Veloz and others.Fact|date=March 2008 The style was essentially lost in the post-war era, but briefly used in 1950's teen & rock n' roll movies. [((cite web
url = http://www.londonswingcats.com/Hollywood%20Style.htm
title = Hollywood Style Lindy Hop
accessdate = 2008-06-12
date =
year = 2008
publisher = The London Swing Cats]It was reconstructed from these movies in the late 1990s by Erik Robison and Sylvia Skylar. They were the first to call it "Hollywood Style". [cite web
url = http://www.erikandsylvia.com/framesets/biosframe.html
title = Erik and Sylvia Bios and Credits
accessdate = 2008-06-12
date =
year = 2008
publisher = Erik Robison and Sylvia Skylar]The
swingout (the basic step of Lindy) is danced in a position often described as someone about to sit on a stool, thereby bringing their center point of balance closer to the ground. This piked position is the classic look of Hollywood with the back straight and a slight forward tilt. The Hollywood style is also aslotted dance , meaning the follower travels in a straight line instead of the more elliptical or circularSavoy-style Lindy Hop .A popular variation of Hollywood-Style Lindy Hop called LA-style Lindy Hop has a few technical changes in the footwork and fewer steps. The steps are shortened or "cheated" to create this look. The style is geared towards performance and is heavily based on short choreographies. Originating in Los Angeles,
California , LA-style is a favorite on theWest Coast of the United States .References
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