Swing dance" is most commonly known as a group of dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music

in the 1920s1950s, although the earliest of these dances predate "swing era" music. Today there are swing-dance scenes in many countries. Lindy Hop is often the most popular, though each city and country prefers various dances to different degrees. Each local swingdance community has a distinct local culture and defines "swing dance", and the "appropriate" music to accompany it, in different ways.

Lindy Hop
One evening in 1927, following Lindbergh's flight to Paris, a local dance enthusiast named "Shorty George" Snowden was watching some of the dancing couples. A newspaper reporter asked him what dance they were doing, and it just so happened that there was a newspaper with an article about Lindbergh's flight sitting on the bench next to them. The title of the article read, "Lindy Hops The Atlantic," and George just sort of read that and said, "Lindy Hop" and the name stuck.

It is characterized by an 8count circular basic or "swing out" and has an emphasis on improvisation and the ability to easily adapt to include other steps in 8-count and 6-count rhythms

Balboa

Balboa came from Southern California during the 1920s and increased in popularity until World War II. Balboa is named for the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California, where the dance was invented

It is danced primarily enclose embrace, and is led with a full body connection. The art of Balboa is in the subtle communication between the lead and follow, including weight shifts, which most viewers cannot see. As a result, Balboa is considered more of a "dancer's dance" than a "spectator's dance"
"We can't tell you how to dance Balboa, but we can tell you when you are not dancing Balboa." "As soon as you start attracting attention to yourself, you [are] not doing Balboa anymore"

Jitterbug
'Jitterbug can be used as a noun to refer to a swing dancer or various types of swing dances, for example, the Lindy Hop, Jive, and East Coast Swing. This has led to confusion within the dance community, because jitterbug can refer to different kinds of swing dances. It can also be used as a verb to mean the act of dancing to swing music.

The term was famously associated with swing era dancers by band leader Cab Calloway because, as he put it, "They look like a bunch of jitterbugs out there on the floor due to their fast, often bouncy movements.

East coast swing

is a form of social partner dance Originally known as "Eastern Swing" by Arthur Murray Studios, the name East Coast Swing became more common between 1975 and 1980. East Coast Swing can be referred to by many different names in different regions of the United States and the World.

West coast swing

a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop. It is characterized by a distinctive elastic look that results from its basic extension-compression technique of partner connection, and is danced primarily in a slotted area on the dance floor. The dance allows for both partners to improvise steps while dancing together, putting West Coast Swing in a short list of dances that put a premium on improvisation.

Boogie Woogie
Boogie-woogie developed originally in the 1940s, with the rise of boogie woogie music. It is popular today in Europe, and was considered by some to be the European counterpart to East Coast Swing, a 6-count dance standardized for the American ballroom industry. It is danced to rock music of various kinds, blues or boogie woogie music but usually not to jazz.

What today is called boogie-woogie would during the 1950s have been called rock'n'roll. The term boogie woogie is confusing; the dance can be danced to the music style called boogiewoogie but is most often danced to rock music of various kinds.

Jive

"Jive" was an expression denoting glib or foolish talk. Or derived from the earlier generics for giouba of the African dance Juba dance verbal tradition.

It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. Glenn Miller introduced his own jive dance in 1938 with the song "Doin' the Jive" which never caught on. The famous ballroom dancing guru, Alex Moore, said that he had "never seen anything uglier". English instructors developed the elegant and lively ballroom Jive, danced to slightly slower music. In 1968 it was adopted as the fifth Latin dance in International competitions. The modern form of ballroom jive in the 1990s-present, is a very happy and boppy dance, the lifting of knees and the bending or rocking of the hips often occurs.

Skip Jive
A British dance, descended from the jazz dances of the 1930s and 40s jive and ultimately from the Lindy Hop. Danced to trad jazz music, was popular in England in the 1950s and 1960s in jazz clubs in London. There were also jazz club events at most large towns, especially in the south of England (where trad jazz enthusiasts congregated and would "skip jive" all evening. It is still danced to a limited extent today.

Modern Jive
Modern Jive is a dance style derived from swing, Lindy Hop, rock and roll, salsa and others, the main innovation being to simplify the footwork - by removing syncopation such as chasse. The term French Jive is occasionally used instead, reflecting the origins of the style. The word modern distinguishes it from ballroom Jive. Modern Jive is a male-led dance.

Modern Swing
brings a modern update of traditional Lindy Hop from the 1940s and 1950s. It is incorporating Salsa and ballroom moves into Lindy Hop, using a variety of modern clean swing outs and wearing modern outfits in competitions.

Swing dancing/ sugar push

The sugar push is one of the basic moves of Lindy Hop and all swing dances. The lead and follow stay where they are for 6 counts. The sugar push is very stylized, bringing both partners close together and then returning them to where they started, just like in the swing out. This is often led with two arms. The key variations are the Jitterbug and Hollywood sugar pushes.

Side Pass
The side pass is an essential move for Lindy Hop and all swing dances. The girl (follow) starts on one side of the guy (lead) and moves to the other side, usually in 6 or 8 counts. There are many variations. The key variations of the side pass are the Jitterbug and Hollywood side passes.

Circles
Circles are traditional Lindy Hop dance moves where partners circle around each other. Sometimes, the lead stays in the middle and the follow moves around him. Sometimes, the follow stays in the middle and lead moves around her. Sometimes, both lead and follow move around a common center, around each other. The conventional direction for circles in Lindy Hop is clockwise, which is the opposite of ballroom, though dancers move in both directions. Lindy circles evolved from Charleston circles. Circles cannot quite be categorized as either basic, sugar push, side pass, swing out, or Aerial Dance moves.

Walk around

Grouchos
Forward Groucho
Begin in a closed position: On counts 1 and 2, rock step like normal. On counts 3 and 4, the lead moves the follow in front of him to face her, as they triple step. On counts 5 and 6, the lead walks forward and the follow walks backwards. On counts 7 and 8, the lead closes to the follow, and the follow remains in place, as they triple step. The couple ends in closed position facing where they started, a few steps away. Spins: The lead and follow can both spin. To Open (Lead Spin Out): On counts 5 and 6 (walk walk), the lead stands still or spins in place, so they move into open.

Reverse Groucho
On counts 1, 2, 3, and 4 they rock step and triple step, just like a swing out from closed. On counts 5 and 6, the lead walk walks backwards and the follow walk walks forwards. On counts 7 and 8, the lead triple steps in place and pulls the follow into closed, who triple steps as she moves. Escorted Spin (Outer Turn): Reverse groucho with follow outer (usually free, sometimes overhead) spin on counts 5 and 6. They close on count 7 and 8. Inner Turn: On counts 5, 6, 7, and 8, the follow moves like an inner turn swing out, but the lead closes to the follow on counts 7 and 8. Apache Turn: On counts 5, 6, 7, and 8, the follow moves like an apache turn swing out, but the lead closes to the follow on counts 7 and 8. To Open (Lead Open): On counts 5 and 6, the lead walks backward and leaves the follow in place, opening up space. On counts 7 and 8, they may style as they like. This resembles a swingout variation.

All dancers do swing outs alike, but every dancer is silly in his/ her own way
Mo-cathy or silly swing is a developing type of swing dance in which the hands are just shown to the partner and without touching the dance moves on, there are elements of craziness in it expressed by facial expressions and it is tried to mix silliness in rhythmic manner while dancing. Shimmy- shaking the shoulders Running and sliding- run several steps, then slide to a stop, then hold a pose Bowling- the guy stands still and straight, until the follow bowls. Then he falls down with style

 They were performed in the 193os and are still performed in the 200s.

he refers to the base and she refers to the flyer

Belt Flip