Lindy Hop has 2 actual styles, though performers may integrate their own unique moves to give it a more unique style -- these are the Savory and G.I. style. The Savory-styled Lindy Hop places an emphasis on upper body movement -- usually involving horizontal sways and jerks that define it as an active version of the dance routine. Swing For people who don t know, Swing dance is actually a form of dance style that is directly associated with Jazz s swing music in the 1920 s to 1940 s. Swing Jazz actually refers to the type of music that uses a blend crotchets and quavers, mostly from West African and African American music and dance. Notable performers often term themselves as "b-boy" or "b-girl" and the dance itself is named as "breaking" Break And Dance Breakdancing got its name from the "breaks" in the music where performers put a halt on their extreme dance moves to show off. In most cases, the musics are remixed to fit in these breaks to allow more emphasis on the maneuvers. Middle Once you have grabbed the audience's attention, it is now time to move into the 'gist' of your performance the cheers and dance. If you can, minimize or totally avoid doing stunts here, or else it will become overkill. You need to showcase variety into your cheer dance routine and here is when you can do that. In most cases, improvisation is mostly determined by the personal interpretation of the instructor or the dancers itself. Planned choreography is purely the work of the choreographer. Movements and scores are all directed by the instructors without any need for personal interpretation from dancers. Passion In The Art The success of dance choreographers in coming up with highly unique and quality dance routines is devoted to their passion in the art of dancing. Perez Prado then came up with the mambo dance style as he was figuring out what type of dance to use for mambo music. The mambo music and the dance appealed very well with the mainstream American crowd, hence, its popularity. The mambo dance and music was especially popular in New York city, as well as in Miami and San Francisco.