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Born To Jive! Is the home of…

MILONGA-JIVE

… a new development of Modern Jive

 

 

 

Milonga-Jive is a fusion of Milonga (fast) Tango and Modern Jive.

It looks smooth and classy and is best danced at medium or fast pace (but can work at Blues pace too!).

Milonga-Jive combines various move types including:

Modern Jive

  • Lots of walking moves and turns, for example Manhattans (aka Mambo steps) - ballroom hold, one handed or two-handed.
  • Sweeping moves such as The Block Turn.
  • Fancy footwork such as the Columbian Pirouette.
  • Pirouettes.

Milonga Tango

  • Basic walks (4 & 6 - beat).
  • Grapevines.
  • Fancy stuff!

Our own moves

  • A few of these J

In Milonga-Jive the hands rarely go above the shoulders and the style does not include staccato Tango moves or ‘decoration’.

As with everything in the Modern Jive world you can adapt it to make it your own!

What are we doing, trying to describe a dance in words?

Why not watch a clip on youtube?