What is Swing Dancing? The short answer is the dance developed with and danced to swing music. Primarily big band music but not excluding blues small combo, traditional and classic jazz, or even early Rock & Roll including Jump Blues.

For a more indepth answer about the specific dances search wikipedia “Lindy Hop”, “Balboa”, and “Charleston” for a quicker and far more in-depth answer. The essay’s give very thorough accountings of the history, structure, and evolutions of swing dancing.

While West Coast Swing is as swing dance and offspring of Lindy Hop I will include only vague references to that specific dance in any postings as the culture is currently significantly different in my limited experience.