Shimmy

Shimmy is one arising from the foxtrot ballroom dancing, which was created in about 1918 in the U.S. and in 1920 came to Europe.

Style

With the proliferation of jazz, this developed as Shimmy -sha - wabble or Hootchy - Kootchy (from "to cooch " = wiggle his butt ) above, all members of the body shaking dance style that was first demonstrated at fairgrounds and at carnivals. In shimmy African dance relics are included. So comes the shaking of the shoulders, bending the whole body and the X - legs from the dances of former slave workers in the U.S. and South America. The Shimmy, in which the body is shaken from head to toe with the help of the abdominal muscles, the Bumb, in which the abdomen is abruptly pushed forward, the grind, the circling of the hips, muscle twitching and the swagger - they all went out of the dances out who had seen at the World Fair in Chicago in 1893, the Americans.

When the dance around 1920, reached Europe, French dance teacher gave him sittsamere dance figures. Here the shimmy then displaced the hitherto popular since 1918 fashionable dance jazz. He is a so-called " space dance ", the steps are performed in the smallest space.

Examples of Shimmymusik

  • Ironically, bananas ( Silver & Cohn ) Chapel Bernard Ette 1924
  • Tutankhamen - Shimmy ( Jara Benes ) Efim chess master with his Artists Ensemble 1924
  • Bob - Shimmy ( Kollo ) Dance Orchestra " Sascha Elmo " [ di Efim chess champion ] 1924

There were also combinations such as Shimmy Shimmy Fox or the blues:

  • Titine Foxtrot Shimmy ( Léo Daniderff ) Chapel Marek Weber 1924
  • If your treasure loyalty breaks, Shimmy Fox ( May & Neubach ) Orchestra with vocals in 1925
  • If you let me sit ... Shimmy - blues of " The Circus Princess " ( Kálmán ) Saxophone Orchestra Dobbri 1926
  • Wait till to- morrow night, Shimmy Blues (Leslie, Palmer & Woods ) Dajos Béla 1926

When Hindemith Suite ( 1922) there is a shimmy. Even with Martinu ( " puppets " ) and Ervin Schulhoff Partity per klavír ( " Shimmy - Jazz" ).

To Shimmy A veritable fashion style developed. Popular with the dancers were also the white and beige pointed Shimmyschuhe.

Efim Schachmeister Paul Hindemith
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