Jive, Jitterbug and Swing
The Jive, Jitterbug and the swing are all different types of dances that came about during the time of World War II. Jitter is short from Jitterbug and all of these types of dances are fast and upbeat. "The Swing Era had begun in the 1930s, when Americans were trying to forget the Great Depression. Dancing to upbeat music seemed to help." The jive, jitter and swing was fast upbeat music that people danced to, to try and forget their depression. These dances were danced on the war front, home front and basically anywhere that Americans wanted to feel relief.
"The evolution of music brought about new sounds such as jazz and swing music. These sounds translated to new dances. Jitterbug dancing grew in popularity." The new music coming along was fast and upbeat which caused people to dance fast and have fun times. As shown this is a new evolution of music which proves how the jitterbug, jive, swing and many other dances were brought up during the time of World War II.
“Swing became more popular as the decade went on, and after the repeal of prohibition, crowds began to outgrow the speakeasies where the dancing had started" The people would get together to drink and dance and listen to music which helped them forget about their problems. Since alcohol was prohibited it only dragged more people into sneaking it behind the governments back. When they would go into little speakeasies to drink, they would also dance and forget about all of their problems. Overall, all of these dances mentioned were fast and upbeat and had many affects on people everywhere from America and even outside.
"The evolution of music brought about new sounds such as jazz and swing music. These sounds translated to new dances. Jitterbug dancing grew in popularity." The new music coming along was fast and upbeat which caused people to dance fast and have fun times. As shown this is a new evolution of music which proves how the jitterbug, jive, swing and many other dances were brought up during the time of World War II.
“Swing became more popular as the decade went on, and after the repeal of prohibition, crowds began to outgrow the speakeasies where the dancing had started" The people would get together to drink and dance and listen to music which helped them forget about their problems. Since alcohol was prohibited it only dragged more people into sneaking it behind the governments back. When they would go into little speakeasies to drink, they would also dance and forget about all of their problems. Overall, all of these dances mentioned were fast and upbeat and had many affects on people everywhere from America and even outside.