Doublebugg
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Doublebugg is more or less a competitive danceCompetitive dance
Competitive dance is a popular, widespread activity in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as acro, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, and tap—before a common group of judges...
within the BRR dance family administered by the Swedish Dancesport Federation
Swedish Dancesport Federation
Swedish Dancesport Federation administers all dancesport in Sweden. The association was formed on February 25, 1968 and is one of 68 different sports federations in Sweden. DSF became member of Swedish Sports Confederation in 1977, which administers all sports in Sweden...
. The dance style has its background in another typical and invented Swedish dance style, namely Bugg
Bugg
Bugg is a common dance style in Sweden and is very popular on the dancefloors, when dansbands play. Bugg is a four step dance and performed at different paces . Bugg is a partner dance and follows certain basic rules, but a is essentially improvised, with the woman following the man's lead....
. Bugg comes originally from Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop
The Lindy Hop is an American social dance, from the swing dance family. It evolved in Harlem, New York City in the 1920s and '30s and originally evolved with the jazz music of that time. Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based...
(Jitterbug).
Doublebugg is danced by three persons, especially a gentleman and two women. Variations occur however. Doublebugg is mostly performered on dance competitions, but sometimes also occurred among social dance
Social dance
Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing...
rs. The dance arose during the 80s and was due to deficiency on gentlemen wanted to dance. One found out that a gentleman could dance the Swedish partner dance
Partner dance
Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner.In the year 1023 the German poet...
Bugg with two women concurrent. Suddenly a new dance style in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
was invented, Doublebugg.
Today Doublebugg is a small formation dance
Formation dance
Formation dance is a style of ballroom dancing. It is pattern or shadow team dancing by couples in a formation team. The choreography may be based on a particular dance or a medley of dances...
, that is conducted of three persons.
The formation of different patterns and formations, for example lines, circles, triangles are apart from changing place between the dancers, one of several main features in Doublebugg. The character is free and is retrieved from someone of the other Swedish BRR dances - Bugg
Bugg
Bugg is a common dance style in Sweden and is very popular on the dancefloors, when dansbands play. Bugg is a four step dance and performed at different paces . Bugg is a partner dance and follows certain basic rules, but a is essentially improvised, with the woman following the man's lead....
, Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop
The Lindy Hop is an American social dance, from the swing dance family. It evolved in Harlem, New York City in the 1920s and '30s and originally evolved with the jazz music of that time. Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based...
, Boogie Woogie and Rock and Roll (dance)
Rock and Roll (dance)
Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll is a very athletic, competitive form of dance that originated from lindy hop. Unlike lindy hop, however, it is a choreographed dance designed for performance. It is danced by both couples and groups, either all-female or 4-8 couples together...
. A various footwear is preferred in Doublebugg and is mainly danced to modern pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
or rock'n'roll music.