How to dance the Jive

The Jive dance is an American dance that is based on the Jitterbug. While similar to the Swing dance, the Jive dance is faster and involves the dancers doing quicker movements while dancing mostly on the balls of their feet.

Practice the basic (triple). Start with your feet together. Step to the left and follow with the right foot with a touch. Step left again, step right with the right foot and follow with a touch left. Step right, then swing back with left foot and step on the right foot solid again. This is done to the rhythm of quick a quick, quick a quick. quick, quick. The lady's steps are done the opposite starting on her right foot.