Modern jive name

[Swinging bee]

Imagine that the modern jive scene had not started (sounds awful) and you came upon a dance near to where you live that closely resembled what we do today ...No one knew what it was called . It was just something that had always been done..What do you suppose you would call it....? bear in mind your location. nationality, language, etc etc ....

[David Bailey]

"Jumping and spinning around with a partner to pop music"?
Hmmm, doesn't have much of a ring to it...

As a UK-er, for there to be no MJ, you'd have to assume no Mr Cronin, at least for the UK scene, then if you go to France you could still see Le Roc being done in a club I suppose.

I guess it'd still be called something "jive" / "swing" -like though, though, it's so clearly related to ballroom jive - e.g. "New Jive", "Pop Swing", "Dance Jive"... Hey, I should be in marketing.

[Andy McGregor]

IMHO we need two names. There seem to be 2 definite styles emerging in MJ. There's the English Ceroc style which has a bouncy hand, big stepback to give straight arms and a big distance between partners that's danced in giant circles to standard pop music in smoke-filled rooms and there's the more latin styled dance where the couples are closer together, more often in a ballroom hold and dance in a slot to an eclectic mix of music.

So, I name the first style - SmokeRoc

And the second style - HipsteRoc

[Swinging bee]

How about lindybug , or jitterhop,

[David Bailey]

SpinaRoc and WiggleRoc?

[Bill]

IMHO we need two names. There seem to be 2 definite styles emerging in MJ. There's the English Ceroc style

So does that mean we have a distinctive Scottish style ??? And perhaps a different Welsh style?? Irish? Surely you didn't mean UK

[Minnie M]

Imagine that the modern jive scene had not started (sounds awful) and you came upon a dance near to where you live that closely resembled what we do today ...No one knew what it was called . It was just something that had always been done..What do you suppose you would call it....? bear in mind your location. nationality, language, etc etc ....

dance ................Jive
language..............English
nationality............Brittish
location...............Sussex

Anyone want to JEBS

or : BESJIVE

[Andy McGregor]

[QUOTE=Bill]

So does that mean we have a distinctive Scottish style ??? And perhaps a different Welsh style?? Irish? Surely you didn't mean UK

I was very specific because every Scot I've danced with dances HipsteRoc. And the Ceroc Scotland venues are non-smoking too

[Gadget]

To me, it's just "dancing". {Possably "partner dancing"} [i]MJ/i] is just a tag so people know what you're talking about and don't ask "what type of dancing?" Type? Music is playing. I have a partner. I am dancing.

[Bangers & Mash]

Holland - moderne jive