Solo Jazz Routines

The JiveSwing Stroll is a modern solo Jazz routine, developed featuring Vernacular Jazz steps that were used in the Swing Era, including in the Big Apple. It’s a great routine to use as an introduction to Authentic Jazz. 1930s Savoy Ballroom Dancer Norma Miller stated that she loved watching everyone dance the JiveSwing Stroll, so we use it as a warm-up and ice-breaker at every class, workshop and event. Simple, yet effective, the stroll is perfect for dancers of all levels, as you can improvise.

This historical routine is a must-know for all lindy hop dancers!

The Cake Walk is a traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in South America mocking their white slave-owners’ dancing. Typically, couples would link elbows, lined up in a circle, dancing forward alternating a series of short hopping steps with a series of very high kicking steps. Slices of cake were offered as prizes for the best dancers, giving the dance its name. The phrase ‘a piece of cake’ also come from this practice. Jiveswing’s Joseph Sewell  has been teaching and performing the Cake Walk across the UK and Europe.

The Mama Stew or The Stew is a historical solo routine, significantly practiced by Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers and used as a warm up!

Historical Routine – Al Minns & Leon James’ version of this iconic solo jazz routine.

Regarded as tap dance’s iconic routine, the Tap Shim Sham cotains classic tap rhythms and patterns, and clear phrasing.

This version of The Big Apple is a historical and famous routine, choreographed by Frankie Manning, and performed in the 1939 film “Keep Punching” by Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers.

This histocial classic solo jazz routine was choreographed by Norma Miller

The first and second stops historical routines werechoreographed by Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers and was used for both performances and as an introductory audition to get into the troupe.