Swing Jazz Dance - Sunset High School

When and where did Swing Jazz Dance originate?

• 1930's in Africa

• 1960's in Europe

• 1920's in United States

• 1890's in South America

Swing Jazz Dance was designed to get people dancing

• True

• False

Which is not a style of Swing Jazz Dance

• Lindy Hop

• Balboa

• Charleston

• Collegiate Shag

• Backbeat

Swing jazz moves originated in which cultures

• African

• European

• Latin

• Scandinavian

One origin of Swing Jazz Dance is tap dance

• True

• False

The static way/shape in which dancers hold their upper bodies while moving their lower bodies is

• Dance box

• Dance shape

• Dance line

• Dance frame

The back beat is a syncopated accent on the "off" beat and is also known as “the groove”- gives swing jazz its SWING.

• True

• False

Check all that are true about the "Tacky Annie"

• starts on "and one"

• is named after tap dancer, Jack Wiggins

• upper body holds a "frame" during the move

• involves a hop, a leap and a turn

The Swing Jazz Dance move that is named after African American dancer, George Snowden, is

• Tapping George

• Shorty George

• George Lindy

• Snowden Charleston

The "Fishtail" gets its name from the swerving motion of the dancer's hips and hands

• True

• False