Types of Swing Dance
There are at least a dozen different types of swing dance. The original swing dance started in Harlem, New York at the Savoy Ballroom in the 1930's; the Lindy Hop. Swing dance quickly spread across the U.S. and morphed into many regional forms with unique names like the Flea Hop and the Bop but the major swing dance styles are Lindy Hop, Balboa, Jitterbug, East Coast Swing, Carolina Shag and West Coast swing; read more about the swing dance styles here.