Links
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| http://www.danceyourselfdizzy.com | This site is provides excellent details of the moves taught at Basingstoke, Winchester and Romsey and photographs on each count for the beginner moves | http://www.elmgrove-leroc.co.uk/ | Leroc group in Bristol with excellent descriptions of some basic and slightly intermediate moves. They come with photos for every beat! The footwork is particular to Leroc. | http://www.leroc-in-bristol.co.uk | A good site for dance clip-art and fonts; photographs. | http://www.lestep.com.au | Australian site which includes a list of 400 move names | http://www.jiveclone.com/ | Personal site with some links and excellent videos of three air-step moves | http://www.eutek.co.uk/jive!/ | Jive! in Exeter, includes a list of the names of standard beginner and intermediate moves | http://www.thethirdrow.co.uk/ | Sussex based jive site with detailed descriptions of lots of moves and other help; plus music titles; some with audio. | http://www.leroc.net/ | Although it has not been updated for a year; this unofficial site has some excellent descriptions of basic moves and a number of variations. | http://www.dancenorthwest.co.uk/ | Modern Jive in Chester and Bromborough and Wirral with excellent QuickTime videos of 6 beginner moves and a discussion group. | http://www.albertj.btinternet.co.uk | A personal site with good listings of moves from specific modern jive workshops, some descriptions particularly in blues dancing and interesting calendar of events and a discussion group. | http://www.modernjive.com | An excellent site with all sorts of useful venue lists and links | http://www.planetjive.co.uk | Includes an incredible list of links! | http://www.danceweb.co.uk/ | An excellent site with ability to enter post code to find out what sort of dancing is on in your area and other resources. | http://www.jivehive.co.uk | Good list of weekly venues, day by day, mainly in the south with a discussion group | http://www.eventsforcharity.co.uk | Interesting site supporting Mencap with jive dances and evenings in the south east. | http://www.jiveparty.com | London based jive/swing venue with discussion group | http://www.dancer.co.uk | Aspects of life, under construction but with a good set of links and discussion group | http://www.cerocaustralia.com.au | A Ceroc group in Australia, with links, sells a jive video and has a discussion group. | http://www.boogienights.net/ | Jive and Swing Dance Events in Edinburgh. Good definition of dance styles and links. | http://www.jiveroc.freeserve.co.uk | Jive Roc It at Ascot with some interesting links and info on Rock'n'roll holidays | http://www.swingtime.co.uk | Lists and reviews swing style venues etc with a comprehensive links section | http://www.justjivin.co.uk | Just Jiving at Harlow with an interesting set of workshops | http://www.thejiveclub.co.uk | Jive venue covering a number of towns in Essex | http://www.leroc-uk.com | LeRoc at Farnborough, Dorking and Aldershot | http://www.dancejive.co.uk | Modern Jive Venues in Wrexham, North Wales, and Shrewsbury, Shropshire. - Weekly classes and monthly Live Music events | http://www.danceparty-dance2000.co.uk | Modern Latino Jive American Swing at Brighton and Hove | http://www.mojive.co.uk | Mojive has a number of venues across Dorset | http://jumpjiveincardiff.tripod.com | Swing Jive and Lindy Hop in South Wales | http://www.dancemania.co.nz/ | Jive venue at Auckland New Zealand | http://www.cliftonleroc.co.uk | LeRoc at Clifton, Bristol. Also sells some instructional videos and CDs. | http://www.modernjiveusa.com | The only US jive site that I know about, centered near New York | http://www.leroc.org.uk | The LeRoc French Jive Federation. An organisation for independent teachers of French Style Jive. | http://www.eijkhout.net/lead_follow | This is an excellent FAQ site about spinning, leading etc for mainly swing dances, but most of the concepts are general | http://www.dancers.org | Directory of dancers. See if your friends are there. | http://www.jillsjive.com.au | Brisbane night club/dance club, teaching mainy swing-based dances, eg 4-beat rock'n'roll, Lindy, East Coast Swing, Salsa etc | http://www.jivin.co.uk | Jive venue at Bedford with some interesting fun extras | http://www.cerocscotland.com | Jive venues for Ceroc in Scotland including excellent discussion forum | http://www.cerocnantwich.co.uk | Ceroc venue at Nantwich including a list of music and move names | http://www.fusiondance.co.uk | Jive venue at Fulham,London emphasising a fusion with other dances and helpful advice (eg spinning) | http://www.swingdanceuk.com | London Swing Dance Society - Lindy hopping since 1986, UK's premier society for workshops, dances, performances and Lindy Hop Shop | http://www.jiveswing.com | JiveSwing (Hertfordshire) is a hybrid of Swing dances (primarily Lindy hop) and Modern Jive | http://www.ceroc-hatfield.freeserve.co.uk | Jive (Ceroc) at Welwyn Garden City/Hatfield | http://www.jivetime.co.uk | Jive venue at Ealing. Responsible for the famous Camber Sands Weekend events twice a year | http://www.jivereview.co.uk | Site listing and reviewing jive venues | http://www.lerocstoke.com | LeRoc Modern Jive classes in Stoke on Trent, Stafford and Congleton, Cheshire | http://www.letsdance.fslife.co.uk | Jive venue at Harlow NE of London | http://www.ceroc-middlesbrough.co.uk | Jive venue in Middlesbrough, Teeside | http://www.coopjive.co.uk | Dance co-operative promoting the different forms of jive, plus a free information service | http://www.rivieraleroc.co.uk | Leroc at Taunton, Sommerset | http://www.foot-loose.org.uk | Jive venues in Norfolk (Woodbridge & East Tuddenham) | http://www.dancingcrazy.co.uk | New site for jivers who would like to investigate other dance styles | http://www.plymjive.freeserve.co.uk | Jive venue in Plymouth | http://golgi.ana.ed.ac.uk/swing | nformation about Swing in scotland | http://www.jazzjiveswing.com | Jive and swing classes and workshops in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Ross on Wye, Worchester, Cirencester and Hereford | http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/rockinperth | Rockability at Perth, with some basic move information | http://www.planetleroc.biz | Jive site at Cardiff,also providing advanced jive workshops | http://www.just-jive.com | Jive venue at Norwich | http://www.uq.net.au/~zzdshack/modernjive/theacademy.html | Academy of Moden Jive (Australia) concerned with Modern Jive teacher training | http://www.athlone.ie/jivefever | Jive venues in Ireland | http://www.geocities.com/jagjive | Modern jive, swing and blues dances in mid-Surrey | http://www.discojive.com | Jive venue at Newhaven & Brighton | http://www.modern-jive.info | Personal page explaining what jive is and links to sites covering East Anglia | http://www.nbriggs.com/jive.htm | Personal site about jive with some good links | http://www.swinginhepcats.com | Swing Stuff: Large supply of professional lindy hop, east coast swing, boogie woogie and other swing dance instructional videos, plus tshirts and pants... | http://www.howtojive.com | Great site by Christine Keeble devoted to understanding and improving the dance | http://www.cerocsb.co.uk | Jive venue in Birmingham (Ceroc). Refreshingly fun site | http://www.dance-ceroc.co.uk | Ceroc venues at Huddersfield,Halifax,Bradford and Wakefield | http://www.ceroclondon.com | Ceroc venue(s) in London with an excellent discussion forum | http://www.leroc.com.au | The original and longest running modern jive venue in Queensland | http://www.pegasus-dance.co.uk | Jive (Leroc)/salsa/merengue venues on the Isle of White | http://www.swingjive.co.uk | Swing/jive venue at Whitley Bay, Tyne area | http://www.jumpnjive.co.uk | Famous for teaching air-steps, run workshops & holidays on jive, swing, blues | http://www.petticoatdreams.co.uk | Site selling a full range of pettycoats for dancing | http://www.danceholidays.com | Organisation that runs Dance Holidays, jive and other types | http://home.iprimus.com.au/rtavares/Index.htm | MamboJive is a jive venue in Brisbane Australia | http://www.dancecrave.com/jivemoves | Excellent text based jive move site with useful search engine | http://www.afterfive.co.uk | Excellent site for moves including diagrams, advice & links to other sites | http://www.danceriviera.com | Modern Jive venues in Dartford and Swanley, Kent | http://www.learntodance.com | US site covering many dance styles, advising how and where to learn | http://dance-det.pisem.net | A website containing over a hundred categorized links to dancing-related online resources : articles, where and how to learn to dance and more | http://www.leroc.com | Leroc (modern jive) classes & freestyles in Devon, Dorset & Somerset | http://www.dance-forums.com | Articles and discussion about ballroom, swing, salsa, argentine tango, and more | http://www.kingdomofdance.co.uk | Site devoted to shoes, videos and many links, not just modern jive | http://www.jiveaddiction.com | Jive weekends in Southport | http://www.mottramjive.org.uk | Jive venue in Mottram, 10 miles south of Manchester | http://www.skiandrock.co.uk | Dance Action Holidays | http://www.strictlysinful.com | Jive classes with a little bit of sin! | http://www.danceperth.com | Jive dancing in Perth, Australia | http://www.newcastlemodernjive.co.uk | Jive venue in Newcastle, UK | http://www.dance-store.co.uk | Dance shoes and ladies wear | http://www.people-connection.co.uk/dancing.html | Site helping people to contact other people, with similar interests, in their local area | http://www.leswingjive.co.uk | Jive Dance events in Manchester and around the North West with Leswingjive | http://www.galwayswing.com | Swing venue in Galway | http://www.pulse-dance.co.uk | Jive venue in Nottingham | http://www.rocsters.com | Jive venues in Brighton, Nettlestead/Maidstone, Hurstpierpoint and Shoreham-by-Sea | http://www.salsa-jive-scotland.co.uk | Uptown Dance organises jive(Leroc), Salsa, Merengue & Swing in Fife/West Lothian, Scotland | http://www.blitzjive.com | Jive venues all over the north of England | http://www.klubjive.co.uk | LeRoc Jive Classes in Bexhill & Rye - LeRoc Federation Member | http://www.gotrhythm.co.uk | Jive venu in York, also organises weekends, holdiays and more | http://www.mrdove.btinternet.co.uk | A listing of Rock n' Roll, Modern Jive and Salsa dances in Sussex, Surrey and part of Hampshire | http://www.brighton-jive.co.uk | 1940s and 50s jive dancing courses and events in Brighton and Worthing | http://www.docker.demon.co.uk/dance/index.html | Independent site about jive with lots of useful advice | http://www.rockroll.com.au | Australian site selling Rock'n'roll dance videos | http://www.want2dance.co.uk | Modern Jive venu at Redditch & Alcester in Warwickshire | http://www.liveandletsjive.com | Jive venue in Horsham, West Sussex | http://www.swingbelfast.com | Information about Swing dancing in Belfast,Northern Ireland | http://www.swanseajive.co.uk | Jive venue in Swansea | http://www.stylzjive.co.uk | Jive venue at Poynton, Stockport, Macclesfield (+Jive cruises) | http://www.teamleroc.co.uk | Jive venue at Waterlooville near Portsmouth | http://www.dance-d-beat.co.uk | Jive venues at Derby and Nottingham | http://www.revolutiondance.co.uk | Jive venue at Knutsford, Cheshire merging other dance forms | http://www.alive4jive.com | Modern Jive in the heart of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK | http://www.hotjive.co.uk | Hot Jive – Modern Jive Dance Music Site | http://www.justdance.org.uk | Jive/WCS venue in Market Harborough Leicestershire | http://www.northernjive.co.uk | Jive venues at Sheffield, Wakefield & Barnsley | http://www.jivenation.co.uk | Jive venues at London (Leicester Square & Holborn) | http://www.dancewearweb.co.uk | Dancewear Web - Directory for discount dancewear and costumes UK | http://www.dance-card.com | The independent social network and forum for all dance types & styles | http://www.m-jive.de | Modern Jive hasn't really hit Germany yet - but the M-Jive team are trying! Regular classes, workshops and freestyles in Munich | http://www.dancefx.org.uk | Dance FX offers modern jive classes, private tuition, workshops, corporate events at more! Based near Grantham, Lincolnshire | http://www.letsdanceroc.com | 5 Glamorous venues on the Costa del Sol, teacher is completely nuts, but the venues are dead cool including moonlight beach dancing in the summer | http://www.jiveboogie.com | Jive workshops incl. Personal Tuition in the Estepona/Marbella area, Costa del Sol, Spain | http://www.aband.biz/links.htm | "A Band" play live 50's Rock'n'Roll at functions, dances and weddings | http://www.cloud9jive.co.uk | Modern Jive Classes and Freestyles In Bath and Bristol |
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Some words like "Modern Jive dance step database. Over 600 modern jive dance moves/steps described, the majority animated including advanced search facilities and advice for beginners and improvers." would be great.