{{Short description|Dance move of Lindy Hop}} thumb | right | A couple performing the Lindy hop The '''swingout''' is the defining dance move of Lindy Hop.<ref>Ralph G. Giordano, ''Social Dancing in America: A History and Reference'', volume 2, ''Lindy Hop to Hip-Hop, 1901-2000'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006).</ref>
The swingout evolved from the breakaway, which in turn evolved from the Texas Tommy. The first documented mention of the swingout pattern that resembles breakaway was in 1911, to describe a "Texas Tommy Swing" show done at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.<ref>Claude Conyers, "Texas Tommy," in ''The Grove Dictionary of American Music'', 2nd ed., edited by Charles Hiroshi Garrett (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).</ref> Its variants are used in Jive, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing and Modern Jive.<ref>Scott Cupit, ''Swing Dance: Fashion, Music, Culture, and Key Moves'' (London: Jacqui Small, 2015).</ref>
==See also== {{Wikibooks|Swing Dancing|Lindy Hop}} *Swing (dance)
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Category:Lindy Hop Category:Swing dance moves Category:West Coast Swing dance moves