Blues dance is the slow and sultry counterpart to swing dancing - just as blues music was to swing music, during the jazz age.
Blues dance, like Lindy Hop, originated and evolved from African rhythms and movements in the United States, alongside the music from which it takes its name, the Blues. Blues dancing was an intimate, after-hours dance style that thrived in juke joints, honky tonks and house parties from the early 1900’s onwards. Blues dance is strongly tied to blues music, with its elements of call and response, tension and release, and emotional intensity. Danced slowly and with your partner held very close, blues dancing is sensual and dramatic.
