Couple dancing Boogie woogieBoogie-woogie is a form of and a form of blues piano playing.Terminology The term boogie woogie is confusing; the dance can be danced to the music style called but is most often danced to of various kinds. The name was taken since the name used in competition dance was already taken by a highly acrobatic dance form. Boogie woogie as a competition dance is a led dance, not choreographed, and can contain acrobatic elements, but not like in acrobatic rock'n'roll.
This dance was made most famous by the movie Grease. The original song was created by Johnny Otis, and you can see him singing it on YouTube along with his dancers. While they do more complex moves, the basic hand jive can be done using a simple jazz square foot movement accompanied by the following hand motions. Dictionary entry overview: What does boogie mean?. BOOGIE (noun) The noun BOOGIE has 1 sense: 1. An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano) Familiarity information: BOOGIE used as a noun is very rare. BOOGIE (verb) The verb BOOGIE has 1 sense: 1. Dance to boogie music Familiarity information: BOOGIE used as a verb is very rare.
The limitation of aerials are various in European countries, but by the strong influence, they cannot be completely removed from the dance. Mainly the couples have to maintain some contact during the acrobatics, this rule helps to avoid moves like double/triple saltos and the like.Description The usual step variation is a six beat, usually as 'tri-ple step, tri-ple step, step, step', with words 'step' taking a whole beat and pieces 'tri' and 'ple' together taking one beat. Triple forms a syncopated step, where 'ple' is typically somewhat delayed from being in the half way between the beats, which matches the syncopated music used in boogie-woogie.
In parts of Europe, boogie-woogie is mostly danced as a. In others, it is mostly a. It is citied in Madonna's hit single ' as a type of dance.The competitions are regulated by the. In addition to adults the competition forms of boogie woogie include, senior and junior classes.