As the jazz music of the 1920s and '30s began to develop into  ‘swing’, so did the way in which people danced to it. Influenced by the Charleston, tap and other dances of the era, Lindy Hop (also known as Jitterbug) evolved on the dancefloors of Harlem and became famous for its wild energy and spectacular aerial moves. A social dance in which one partner leads and the other follows, but both get to be as creative as they like, Lindy Hop can be smooth and slinky or floor-ripping wild. This is the dance with which the American GIs stole Britain’s sweethearts in WW2, the one you see in the movies, on Strictly Come Dancing... but you’ve got to try it to really find out how much fun it is.