AboutBiggin Hill Jive was established to provide an opportunity for people who want to learn to dance, or to improve their dancing skills, to meet people and make friends and enjoy a wider social life. The focus is on fun, dancing to great music and the sessions are led by Leta who will have you up and jiving in no time at all!
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What is Jive?
Jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. Glenn Miller introduced his own jive dance in 1938 with the song "Doin' the Jive" which never caught on.
To the players of swing music in the 1930s and 1940s "Jive" was an expression denoting glib or foolish talk. American soldiers brought Lindy Hop/Jitterbug to Europe around 1940, where this dance swiftly found a following among the young. In the United States the term Swing became the most common word used to describe the dance, and the term "jive" was adopted in the UK. Variations in technique led to styles such as boogie-woogie and swing boogie, with "jive" gradually emerging as the generic term in the UK |