To learn to dance the jitterbug, we must first master the rhythm of the jitterbug. The rhythm of the jitterbug is 4/4, about 45 bars a minute. Basic rhythm: slow, fast, slow, step by step, step by step. The stress is in 1 and the third beat.
On the other hand, the six-step jitterbug is fast-fast-fast. In fact, it is much worse than the three-step jitterbug, but the first two slow beats are also regarded as fast beats.
In the first beat, the left foot is lifted forward, and the hips and feet are on the ground; The second beat, the left foot landed; The third beat, the right foot touches the ground; The fourth beat, the left foot carries the ground with the hip; In the sixth beat, the left foot bounces with the help of ground power, and the first beat is repeated when the left foot is lifted forward.
From 1950 to 1980, the second generation (aged at; 1940- 1960), when the spring breeze of reform and opening up spread all over the motherland, Qianshan, in this excellent situation, objectively created a good environment for dancing the jitterbug. So there are more and more jitterbug dances in Tianjin, and the development of jitterbug dances is getting faster and faster.
The middle period is the development period of Tianjin jitterbug dance. After mastering the traditional basic dance method of American navy dance, people inherited and developed the jitterbug dance with Tianjin characteristics and created many difficult patterns, thus greatly enriching and developing the jitterbug dance in Tianjin and pushing it to a higher level.