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Encyclopedic overview
Jiggerbuggin' and Jivin' in a juke joint in Memphis, Tennessee The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s. The name of the dance comes from the name of a form of African-American vernacular slang, popularized in the 1930s by the publication of a dictionary by Cab Calloway, the famous jazz bandleader and singer. In competition ballroom dancing, the jive is often (mistakenly) grouped with the Latin-inspired ballroom dances, though its roots are based more on swing dancing than Latin dancing.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “jive” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.