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
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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
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