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Venue Media and tradition By Howard Spring Mike Bortnowski Elements of Dance 111914 History of swing music How swing originated and transitioned through culture change of the great depression ID: 483342

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Swing dance and the lindy hop

Venue, Media, and tradition By: Howard Spring

Mike BortnowskiElements of Dance 11/19/14Slide2

History of swing music

How swing originated and transitioned through culture change of the great depression Slide3

How it all started:

Began in new York city in the early 1920sA more modern form of jazz in the era of the great depression

Transitional eraWidespread commercial popularity, but difficult to studyStylistic form of musicThe Lindy HOP- Catalyst for the development of swing musicSlide4

How it all started:

Stable for more than a decade

Music shifted from late 20s into 30s with new media technology and recording equipmentNew venuesAccess to old recordingsBenny goodmanDirect relationship to social dancers.Slide5

The lindy hop

From the African American subculture to eastern European entertainment ,the lindy hop was a widely popular dance movement throughout the 1920s and 30sSlide6

The lindy hop

African American originHigh degree of physical energy and vigor

Driving rhythm -4 beats per measurePopular-spreading from minority subculture to the majority populationFirst introduced in theatrical setting-SAVOY BALLROOMMusic changed to meet the rhythmic drive of the lindy hop.Slide7

The savoy ballroom

The home of the lindy hopSlide8

The savoy ballroom

Harlem , new York

Opened on march 12, 1926Attracted all crowds of ethnicity and originInclusiveWidely popular and could draw more than 5000 people on the weekend.“LindyHOPPERS”Slide9

Troupes of lindy hoppers

The lindy hop became so widespread that American culture groups would form teams

Called themselves “Lindyhoppers” For Example: “Whitey’s lindyhoppers”Toured the usa

Toured overseas throughout Europe

Performed street side, live, and in the theatrical settingSlide10

The transitional period:

Late 20s into the 1930sGreat depression came to an end

Swing music developed itself into swing dance, or one entityModern media technology for cleaner recordingsThe “lindy Hop” eased this transition of old to new swing musicSlide11

From old to new:

Music became more “riffy

”More emphasis on big band instrumentsSolos throughout Percussions throughout and banging cymbalsIn the early 1930s the lindy hop became much more compatible to the music Slide12

The nature of the lindy hop

The rhythm, movement, technicalities, and description of the most popular dance in the 1920sSlide13

The nature of the lindy hop

The Charleston”-From the show running wild was the first popular form of the lindy hop in 1923.Use of the entire body:Hips, buttocks, head, and neck along with extremitiesVoluptuous, flamboyant, and energeticEpileptic Physically demandingSlide14

The nature of the lindy hop

Improvisation

Difference in rhythm from old swing dance to the lindy hopOld swing dance- “The Foxtrot” and “Black Bottom” is in 4-4 time or counting 1,2 beats for each walking stepThe lindy hop-4 beats to the bar rhythm Slide15

The spread of the lindy hop

The savoy ballroom brought the lindy hop to fame

Norma millerThe savoy had strong ties to the community-racially integratedAffordable4000 to 7000 people in attendance on the weekendSlide16

WAS THE LINDY HOP TABOO?Slide17

Relationship between music&Dance

Musicians had to change their style of play to accustom the lindy hop style of dance

Eddie Barfield Old swing music and dance- 2 to 4 beats per rhythm Lindy hop and modern swing music- 4 -4 rhythm 4-4 rhythm bY ted brewer.Slide18

PROGRESSION OF MODERN INSTRUMENTS

Bango

 Guitar

Brass bass pizzicato string bass

Guitar solos and riffs

Drumming filler solosSlide19

Dancer and musician feedback

Constant feedback

Creating momentumImprovising based on dance movements or the tempo of the swing music Dancing added to the music, music added to the dancingConstant rehearsal together and improvising in unison created a new dance movement called “airstepping” led to the “aerial lindy hop”Slide20

Swing and lindy go mainstream

The commercialization and widespread popularity of the swing movement Slide21

THE END