Hand dancing. Not to be confused with Hand jive. Hand dancing, also known as D.C. hand dancing or D.C. swing, is a form of swing dance that can be traced as far back as the 1920s, from Lindy Hop, to Jitterbug and to the 50s when Washington, D.C. developed its own version and named it Hand Dance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_dancing
In the early 1990’s, the dance was coined “Hand Dance“. In 1993, 2001, and 2011 Hand Dance was included in The Smithsonian Institution’s Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Hand Dance is recognized as a traditional folk form and national treasure by America’s historical institution.
http://nationalhanddanceassociation.org/?page_id=156
After a slow start, you get to the music and the dancers and the campy costumes and recreation of the 1950s scene, British style, with turquoise booths, pompadours, circle skirts, and saddle oxfords. Video of competitive lindy dancing (superfast, from LindyLibrary.com, where you'll find lots of video of lindy dancing)
http://www.patmcnees.com/swing__lindy__jitterbug__and_shag_34853.htm
DC Hand Dance is an improvisational form of swing style partner dancing developed in the Washington, DC area in the early 1950s by African Americans as a form of recreation and entertainment. The dance evolved from the early Lindy Hop and Jitterbug dance styles of the 1930s and 1940s created by George “Shorty” Snowden.
http://nationalhanddanceassociation.org/?page_id=156
Video of younger swing dancers, also at Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom. If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.. ~Emma Goldman. There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent..
http://www.patmcnees.com/swing__lindy__jitterbug__and_shag_34853.htm
The National Hand Dance Association (NHDA) works to continue the 50 year legacy of Hand Dance.
https://www.facebook.com/National-Hand-Dance-Association-143015595744985/
I initiated and taught, with the help of some of my peers, a social hand dance class from 2003-2007 in my community in Hyattsville, Maryland. Hand dance/dancing/dancer is a partnership (male/female) style dance distinguished by the motions of the male's hand and received by the female's hand to follow his lead.
http://www.whoswhoinhanddance.com/WHAT-IS-HAND-DANCE-.html
The National Hand Dance Association is sponsoring a workshop So You Want To Be A Hand Dance DJ. This FREE workshop is the beginning of introducing new and younger DJs in playing hand dance music which would appeal to a younger generation of hand dancers. This is a hands-on session with professional DJ equipment.
https://www.facebook.com/National-Hand-Dance-Association-143015595744985/
WHAT IS HAND DANCE/DANCING/DANCER? In Washington, D.C., HAND DANCE was performed in the black and white communities in the 1950s to, mostly, Motown music. The dance has always been and still is danced by all races, cultures, genders, and ages of people. Hand dance is the official dance of the District of Columbia.
http://www.whoswhoinhanddance.com/WHAT-IS-HAND-DANCE-.html
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what is hand dancing
A form of swing dance that can be traced as far back as the 1920s, from Lindy Hop, to Jitterbug and to the 50s when Washington, D.C. developed its own version and named it Hand Dance. Hand dancing is a form of swing dance that can be traced as far back as the 1920s, from Lindy Hop, to Jitterbug and to the 50s when Washington, the District of Columbia developed its own version and named it Hand Dance. 