Boogie

At the beginning of 20s the black workers who travelled through Texas played piano for fun. Step by step the music fit the sound of the bogy of the train and created the Boogie Woogie rhythm.

In fact this music started to be famous in the 30s. The first concert “From Spiritual to Swing” was organised in Carnegie Hall in New York. Boogie Woogie was broadcasted all the time on the radio and White people finally discovered this music. At that time many of the Jazz Bands included Boogie Woogie song in their tunes.

Boogie Woogie is in fact a part a Jazz music family and also a dance.

The Boogie Woogie dance is a European evolution of Lindy Hop. Very close to Lindy, The Boogie is first of all an interpretation dance and instead of doing figures and figures (like in French Rock’n’Roll) you must let you lead by instruments, singers and your own feeling of the music.

From the slowest to the fastest rhythm, Boogie is focused on improvisation and musical interpretation. There are lots of figures close to the French Rock’n’Roll but it is a little bit more energetic and rich in feet games and moreover in game between leaders and followers.

The fun and harmony with the music turns into addictives all the people who have tried…

Usually people who dance Rock’n ‘Roll and want to improve their style finally move to the Boogie but you do not need to know Rock’n ‘Roll to start Boogie, you can start from scratch without knowing any dance.