Lindy Hop also known as Jitterbug is an unabashedly joyful Afro-Euro-American Swing dance. With the formal 8-count structure of European dances. Lindy Hop was so named after Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris in 1927, when the newspaper headline read: "LINDY HOPS THE ATLANTIC". The dance however has no "hop" in it. It is frequently described as either a jazz dance (in reference to its close relationship with the development of jazz music, particularly Swing) or a street dance, and is predominantly based on jazz, tap, Breakaway and the Charleston.

an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)

The grandfather of all forms of Swing, named after Charles Lindberg, and originating at the Savoy ballroom in the 1930's as a modified form of Charleston done in dance position. Lindy Hop is currently enjoying a revival with a new generation of swing clubs, musicians, and dancers.