>
> So, I have a couple of questions. 1) Does anyone know what I'm talking
> about? Am I thinking of the jitter-bug? But this dance isn't as bouncy
> as I remember the jitter-bug...it actually looks a lot like salsa, but to
> the Glen Miller beat.
When I was in France in 1988, people were doing a dance they called
"rock" or "rock and roll" (say it with a HEAVY Gallic accent!). It was a
swing-like dance, but didn't seem to involve much footwork; it was mostly
armwork, and some lifts and drops.
I saw it again at Cornell when I was taking ballroom there, and my
impression was that it wasn't so much a standard dance, but was just
something that people did, imitating other dancers. I could very well be
wrong, though!
>
> Has anyone ever heard of Belgian Rock, or is that just what the Belgians
> call it?
The French just call it "Rock".
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