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Old 25th-March-2003, 11:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
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East Coast Swing vs Ballroom Jive?
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I was watching the video from last year's Camber and there was an East Coast Swing section. Can someone tell me if there is a difference (and if so what the difference is) between East Coast Swing and Ballroom Jive? From what I could see on the video the basic of the ECS was a rock step, triple step, triple step, which is what I learnt as Ballroom Jive.

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I was watching the video from last year's Camber and there was an East Coast Swing section. Can someone tell me if there is a difference (and if so what the difference is) between East Coast Swing and Ballroom Jive? From what I could see on the video the basic of the ECS was a rock step, triple step, triple step, which is what I learnt as Ballroom Jive.
East Coast Swing is a more generic term for styles of swing dance that are based on a side-step/side-step/rock-step action. (eg traditional Rock'n'Roll, jitterbug, 6-count lindy etc.) It can be done as a single step, a tap-step, a step-tap, or a triple step. It is called East Coast Swing to differentiate it from West Coast Swing.

Ballroom Jive is just a particular style of East Coast Swing. Being a Ballroom dance, there is a very defined timing, style and syllabus.

For more details look at the excellent StreetSwing history of dancing.

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Thanks David - I knew you'd come to the rescue!

(BTW - are you going to London? I must meet you sometime...)

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Ummm. He doesn't have to go to London. He lives here all the time.

Or were you meaning a more specific part of London, like for example the Ceroc champs??

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BTW - are you going to London? I must meet you sometime...
I should be going to watch the Ceroc Championships - I look forward to having a few dances with you then. (But not Ballroom Jive - my knees object to working that hard!)

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I should be going to watch the Ceroc Championships - I look forward to having a few dances with you then. (But not Ballroom Jive - my knees object to working that hard!)

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Fantastic - see you then!

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