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jitterbugDance variation of the two-step in which couples swing, balance, and twirl in standardized patterns to syncopated music in ⁴⁄₄ time. It originated in the U.S. in the mid 1930s and became internationally popular in the 1940s. It originally included acrobatic lifts and swings, but it became modified in ballroom versions. Its step patterns varied and could include the lindy hop and the jive. jitterbug 1. a fast jerky American dance, usually to a jazz accompaniment, that was popular in the 1940s 2. a person who dances the jitterbug How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The jitterbugging, waltzing, and jazz-dancing couples in Mood Indigo were invaded by a third pair behaving strangely: George Smallwood entered in a backbend over a curled-up Elisa Clark, whose heart he pretended to pluck out. is, after all, a celebratory history lesson of music and movement: from West Coast to East Coast, Lindy Hopping to jitterbugging. We see adorably antiquated cars parked on sepia-tinged streets; railroad cars barreling across the country, freighted with exhausted musicians on tour; cavorting girls in bobby socks; jitterbugging policemen; trumpet valves gleaming in the hands of geniuses. |
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