The Side Charleston is another common Lindy Hop move that originally derives from the Charleston Basic step. The leader is performing the same steps as for a Back Charleston, while the follower is performing the mirror image of those steps. Rhythmically, the Side Charleston is effectively the same as a Jockey, and like the Jockey it is useful in social dancing to provide time for the leader to think and to look for space on a crowded dance floors. The St Louis Shag Basic is also very similar to this move, and can be used interchangeably with it. As for any kicking move, on a crowded floor it's important that the dancers look where they are kicking, particularly for kicks backwards.
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Welcome to an incomplete book about Lindy Hop.
I wrote the text here five years ago, based on my notes from when I was originally learning Lindy Hop in the mid-1990s. My original plan was to take a large number of illustrative photographs, which would make the bare text much more comprehensible.
However, that was five years ago and I've not gotten as far as taking a single photograph. So rather than waiting any longer, I thought it worth releasing the text as-is, in case it's useful to anyone else.
I'd interested to hear any feedback, but unfortunately I can't promise to do much about it.
And maybe one day I'll get as far as illustrating the book, and creating the originally-intended printed version:
This book is dedicated to the memory of Frankie Manning (1914-2009), Ambassador of Lindy Hop.
David Drysdale
November 2012