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The "jitterbug" was a bug sent by the Wicked Witch of the West to waylay the heroes by forcing them to do a jitterbug-style dance. [ citation needed ] Although the sequence was not included in the final version of the film, the witch is later heard to tell the flying monkey leader, "I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them."
Historically, the term swing referred to the style of jazz music, which inspired the evolution of the dance. Jitterbug is any form of swing dance, though it is often used as a synonym for the six-count derivative of Lindy Hop called "East Coast Swing". [5] It was also common to use the word to identify a kind of dancer (i.e., a swing dancer). A ...
Hand dancers at the 45th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., in 2011. Hand dancing, also known as D.C. hand dancing or D.C. swing, is a form of swing dance that can be traced as far back as the 1920s, from Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug, to the 1950s when dancers in the District of Columbia developed their own variety.
In 1943, Life magazine featured Lindy Hop on its cover and called it "America's National Folk Dance". Lindy Hop/Jitterbug was a popular dance used by the media as a military recruitment tool. Places like the Hollywood Canteen were featured in films to capitalize on these dance popularity, attracting individuals and promoting enlistment. The ...
Living It Up was filmed from October 19 to December 18, 1953.Sig Ruman, who plays Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer, had played the same role in the 1937 version.. Doing a jitterbug in a dance scene with Lewis, actress Sheree North's character is introduced by a master of ceremonies with her own name, "Sheree North."
Jean Grinnell Veloz (née Phelps, March 1, 1924 – January 15, 2023) was an American lindy hop dancer and actress, best known for her roles in 1940s and 1950s musicals. She innovated a style of swing dance that was "silky smooth", now known as "Hollywood style" contrasting the more jitterbug style prevalent during the 1930s-1940s.
Jiving in a British dance hall, 1945. To the players of swing music in the 1930s and 1940s, jive was an expression denoting glib or foolish talk. [2] American soldiers brought Lindy Hop/jitterbug to Europe around 1940, where this dance swiftly found a following among the young. In the United States, "swing" became the most common word for the ...
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party; Coronado; Curly Top; Dizzy Dames; Every Night at Eight; First a Girl; George White's 1935 Scandals; The Girl Friend; Go Into Your Dance; Gold Diggers of 1935; Harmony Lane; Here Comes the Band (film) Hooray for Love; I Dream Too Much; I Live for Love; The Little Colonel; The Littlest Rebel; Love Me Forever ...