Boogie-woogie is a form of swing dance. The name boogie-woogie is used mostly in Europe; the closest thing in the US is probably East Coast Swing. The usual step variation is a sixcount: step, step, tri-ple step, tri-ple step. In parts of Europe, boogie-woogie is mostly danced as a social dance. In others, it is mostly a competition form. Swing is a group of related street dances, that evolved from Lindy Hop. ... East Coast Swing is a dance, derived from the Lindy Hop by literally removing a couple of steps. ... Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing. ...

What today is called boogie-woogie would during the 1950s have been called rock'n'roll. The term boogie woogie is confusing; the dance can be danced to the music style called boogie-woogie but is most often danced to rock music of various kinds. The name was taken since the name rock'n'roll 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 contains no acrobatic elements. Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... Boogie-woogie is a style of blues piano playing that became very popular in the 1940s and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, guitar, big band, and country and western music. ...

The competitions are regulated by the World Rock'n'Roll Confederation. In addition to adults the competition forms of boogie woogie include formation and junior classes. World RocknRoll Confederation (WRRC) was registered in 1984, although its history traces to 1974. ...