November 27, 1998

Professor's Web Site Shares the Joys of Jazz Dance

By BIANCA P. FLOYD

The complex hip-shaking, knee-bending, foot-sliding moves of today's hip-hop generation are reflections of older dances with names like the "Shorty George."

During the 1930s and '40s, at the height of the lindy-hop craze, dancers would break away from their partners and improvise on a step-shuffle-step theme for a few measures. The move was first demonstrated by a short guy named George, says Bob Boross, an assistant professor in the