Shim Sham is a kind of line dance from SWING family. You can call it shuffle along. It is great for social dancing, and everyone can follow which creates this unified motion of generally very happy looking people. Franky Manning was a very famous, incredibly talented, contagiously inspiring, and very loved Lindy hopper(from swing family again) and shim shammer. Lindy Hop born in 1930s was basically a blended cocktail of popular dances at that time: jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston. Think of it as a hybrid of black dance moves (since it originated in black communities in the USA) and white, European partner dance moves. I love the idea of hybrids, mixing, and combining. It is the very core of creativity.
Frankie Manning was a Lindy Hopper, as I mentioned. He innovated and creatively juiced up original Lindy Hop. He wowed public when he performed first air step in 1935. It means he and his partner left the ground while dancing at the same time. In simple terms, they didn't stop the dance to jump,they flew in the air while doing their steps. How cool is that, think about creativity giving you wings to fly.
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