Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches

9. Historical Movement Chart

9 Historical Movement Chart Tom Ralabate Following are lists of jazz walks, steps, and jazz movements in a historical context. These lists and terms are divided into specific eras and are specific to American culture. Each heading also contains musical styles that were dominant during that era. Familiarity with these terms allows for practical and technical application; understanding the time, place, and character of these jazz vernacular terms will enhance creative interpretation. This list is by no means complete and will continually acquire new additions. Many movements overlap into other eras, giving truth to such statements as: “jazz is ever changing,” “jazz dance redefines and reinvents itself,” and “everything old is new again.” 1800s–1920s Folk, Spirituals, Brass Band, Blues, Ragtime, Dixie Black Bottom Cross Over Grind Boogie Eagle Rock Hornpipe Buck and Wing Eating Cherries Itch Bullfrog Hop Essence Jazz & Flash Steps Buzz Falling Off the Log Jazzbo Glide Buzzard Lope Fox Trot Jig Cagney Freeze Jump Back Jack Cakewalk French Twist Jumping Jim Crow Castle Walk Gaze the Fog Killing Time Charleston Get It On Knee Jazz Clog Grapevine Legomania 69 Let It Roll Rubberlegs Tack Annie Lindy—Syncopated Box Sand Tango Mess Around Scare Crow Texas Tommy Mooche Scissors Trenches Off to Buffalo Shim Sham Turkey Trot Over the Top Shimmy Varsity Drag Patting Juba Shuffle Virginia Pecking Snake Hips Walk the Dog Picking Cherries Soft-Shoe Waltz Clog Pivot Spank the Baby Wings Polka Strut Ring Shout Sugars 1930s Boogie-Woogie, Big Bands, Swing, Blues, Jazz Andrews Sisters, Shimmy Frankenstein Sugars Around the World Hinge Walk Suzie Q Boogie-Woogie Jitterbug Swing Camel Walk Jive Walk Texas Tommy Crazy Legs Kimbo Trucking Flea Hop Lindy Flick Kicks with ball change Shorty George 1940s Big Band, Bebop, Afro-Cuban, Latin Invasion Boogie-Woogie movements continued Calypso, Cuban Conga Merengue (Latin Social Dance Forms) Samba 1950s Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop Bunny Hop Locomotion Cha Cha Mambo Fly Stroll Jitterbug West Side Story Influence 1960s British Invasion, Brazilian Invasion, Soul, Motown Alligator Dolphin (late 1960s) Frug Boogaloo Four Corners Hand Jive Bossa Nova Freddy Hully Gully 70 · Tom Ralabate Jerk Shimmy Variations Twist Mashed Potato (Swim, Shotgun, Hitchhike) Underdog Monkey Temptation Walk Watusi Pony Tighten Up 1970s Popularized Music, Computerized, Salsa, Reggae, Fusion Break-Dancing Hustle (Latin Hustle) Disco Walk Line Dances (Bus Stop) Funk Movement Saturday Night Fever Influence 1980s Music Videos, Rap, Punk, Rhythm & Blues, Country and Western Note: From the 1980s through today there is an overlap Aerobic Dancing Michael Jackson Influence Break-Dancing Moon Walk (Beat Box Influence) MTV Dancing Hip-hop New Wave Movement Lambada Punk Dancing Lyrical Jazz Rap 1990s–2000s Techno, Alternative, Hip-hop, Rap, Jazz Mix, Acid Jazz, Rave Trance, Rhythm & Blues, Country and Western Alfa Hip-hop Bounce Walk Roger Rabbit A-Town Stomp Humpty Hump Running Man Boogaloo Lambada (Dirty Dancing) Scooby Doo Buddy Leo Walk Scootbot/Scoobop Butterfly Line Dances Soulja Boy Chicken Noodle Soup Macarena Steve Martin Corkscrew Monastery Ticking Country Western Dances Music Video Influences Trance Dancing Cupid Shuffle Pacing/Tagging Vogue Dime Stopping (Uncle Sam) Patty Duke Waddle Electric Slide Paula Abdul Influence Walk It Out Fila Rave Dancing Which-a-ways Hammer Time Robo Walk Wild Thing Harlem Shake Historical Movement Chart · 71 ...