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Lindy Hop

For the uninitiated: Lindy Hop

My girlfriend Caylynn and I swing dance, and we spread the fun by teaching summer lessons at Corning’s local arts center. To help ourselves and our students keep track of Lindy moves and ways to go between them, we made a Lindy Hop Moves cheat sheet (below). Names of moves by themselves are unhelpful, but I’m posting this in case fellow Lindy Hoppers like the organization of it and decide to emulate it with a list of their own moves. Moves are only half the battle, of course, but leaders, especially, may find this self-organization useful.

Watch cool Lindy Hop videos at lindylibrary.com, a compendium of YouTube links.

Lindy Hop Moves

    Fundamentals

  • Swing Out
  • Circle
  • Send Out
  • Sugar Push

    Swing Out Variations

  • Outside Turn (Arch)
  • Inside Turn (Loop)
  • Catch and Release
  • Swing Out from Cross-Hand
  • Sweetheart Swing Out
  • Guys (Leaders):
    • Hop
    • Heel Dig
    • Matrix
  • Girls (Followers):
    • Turn & Kick
    • Feet Slides Out/In

    Tuck Turn

  • Single Turn
  • Double Turn
  • Slow Turn

    Special Moves

  • Down The Line
  • Open Up R, Spin Across L
  • Walk with Kicks
  • Texas Tommy
  • 1/2 Texas Tommy
  • Swivels in a Circle
  • Start Send Out, Come Back In
  • Start Send Out, Cross Foot Behind
  • Reach Across for Wrist
  • Crossovers

    Dips

  • Quick Dip Across
  • Dip wrapped in from Cross-Hand forearms

Sorted By Position…

    Open

  • Swing Out & Variations
  • Sugar Push
  • Down The Line

    Closed

  • Walk with Kicks
  • Start Send Out, Come Back In
  • Start Send Out, Cross Foot Behind
  • Crossovers

    Cross-Hand

  • Swivels in a Circle
  • Dip wrapped in from Cross-Hand forearms
  • Reach Across for Wrist

    Open → Closed

  • Circle

    Closed → Open

  • Send Out
  • Open Up R, Spin Across L
  • Tuck Turn Variations

    Open → Cross-Hand

  • Texas Tommy & 1/2

    Cross-Hand → Open

  • Swing Out from Cross-Hand
  • Reach Across for Wrist

    Open → Double

  • Sugar Push

    Double → Open

  • Sweetheart Swing Out

    Tricks

  • Split Jump
  • Side/Side Split Jump
  • Frog Jump with Guy’s Kick
  • Walkover Off Guy
  • Over the Back
  • Neck Dip
  • Shoulder Sit
  • Trip & Squat
  • Hop Up On Hip
  • Lean Together
  • “Fall” To The Side

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