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In the late 1920's a new dance emerged out of Charleston. It was called the Lindy Hop after Charles Lindbergh's flight 'hopped' the Atlantic.  This new dance craze joined Collegiate shag and Balboa to become the predecessor of an entire family of 'swing' dances -  Jitterbug, East and West Coast Swing, and more recently Jive.

Dancing to swing music of  big bands  such as Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, and Lionel Hampton lasted well into the 1950's.  Jive was then danced to Rock & Roll, Jump-Jive and Rhythm & Blues.

Swing dancing was popular for over 30 years and danced to a range of music that suits many tastes. Thanks to a major revival of partner dancing Lindy Hop is now becoming hugely popular again.