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While Ballroom Dance includes most of the swing dances popular today, the swing and ballroom dance cultures are distinct. Club-style swing dancers often find ballroom dancers inexpressive and too worried about technique. Conversely, ballroom dancers may get frustrated when a swing dancer doesn't lead a step "correctly", or when they hold a figure several counts extra to match a break in the music. These, of course, are [Broad Generalizations]?.

Popular swing dances include:

Lindy Hop -- Charleston -- East Coast Swing (aka [Triple Swing]? and [Street Swing]?)

[Country Swing]? is yet another division of swing with a largely distinct culture.


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Edited February 21, 2001 5:15 am by Josh Grosse (diff)
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