While based on Lindy Hop, it does have clear distinctions. The name East Coast Swing was coined initially to distinguish the dance from the street form and the new variant used in the competitive ballroom arena (as well as separating the dance from West Coast Swing, which was developed in California). Other variants of East Coast Swing that use altered footwork forms are known as Single Swing or "Single-step Swing" (where the triple step is replaced by a single step forming a slow, slow, quick, quick rhythm common to Foxtrot), and Double Swing (using a tap-step footwork pattern).Įast Coast Swing is a Rhythm Dance that has both 6 and 8 beat patterns. It has alternatively been called Eastern Swing, Jitterbug, American Swing, East Coast Lindy, Lindy (not to be confused with Lindy Hop), and Triple Swing (or Triple-step swing). East Coast Swing can be referred to by many different names in different regions of the United States and the World. The dance studios had initially dismissed Lindy Hop in particular as a fad. Lindy Hop was felt by dance studios to be both too difficult and too unstructured to teach to beginning dancers, but there was market demand for training in Swing Dance. The dance was created by dance studios including the Arthur Murray dance studios in the 1940s, based on the Lindy Hop. Originally known as "Eastern Swing" by Arthur Murray Studios, the name East Coast Swing became more common between 19. Yerrington and Outland equated East Coast Swing to the New Yorker in 1961. It is danced under fast swing music, including lindy hop, rock and roll and boogie-woogie. JSTOR ( January 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įast Coast Swing being danced in Montreal in 2022Įast Coast Swing ( ECS) is a form of social partner dance.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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