Jive is a dance style that originated among African – Americans in the early 1940’s. It is a lively & uninhibited variation of the jitterbug i.e. belongs to swing dances. In Ballroom dancing, jive is one of the five International Latin dances. Jive is a style of 1933 played by big bands popular in the 1930’s flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz. Modern jive, sometimes called French- Jive is a dance style that originated in the 1980’s. It derives from Swing, Lindy Hop & Rock n Roll & others, the main innovation being to simplify the footwork.
Modern Jive is a generic terms that covers a whole range of styles & moves. In the UK, Modern Jive tends to be split into a wide number of classes each essentially teaching a similar style.
SWING MUSIC, also known as Swing Jazz, is a form of Jazz music that solidifies as a distinctive style during the 1930s in the U.S. swing is distinguished primarily by a strong rhythm section, usually consisting of double bass & drums, medium to fast tempo & the distinctive “swing” that’s common to many forms of Jazz.
LINDY HOP
Lindy hop is a street Jazz dance that evolved in Harlem, Manhattan, New York in the late 1920s & early1930s that emerged with Swing Jazz. It is a fusion of many dances from all over the US from the early 1900s but is mainly based on the Charleston. Lindy hop combines the movements & improvisation of African dances with the formal eight-count structure of European dances. African usually separates the men from the women. Europeans invented partner dancing.