The Probert Encyclopaedia of Music

JITTERBUG

The jitterbug was an American couple dance, popular in the 1930s and 1940s, typically danced to big- band swing or similar syncopated music in 44 time. Descended from the similar lindy hop, it has a variety of steps and sometimes acrobatic swings, usually executed while holding one or both of the partner's hands. During the Second World War the jitterbug was spread world-wide by the American armed forces.
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