The History of the Shim Sham Originating from a style of dance termed the ‘Goodus’ in the late 1920s, the Shim Sham Shimmy was first performed on stage in Harlem in the early 1930s as a closing routine that would get all of the singers, dancers and performers on stage together with the audience joining in. It wasn’t until some lindy hoppers at the Savoy Ballroom did the Shim Sham as a group line dance (without the taps) that the dance style really took to fame. In the mid-1980s, the Shim Sham wa

63K views · 3K reactions | Do you know the Shim Sham? 朗 The Shim Sham Shimmy, Shim Sham or just Sham originally is a particular tap dance routine and is regarded as tap dance's national anthem. For today's swing dancers, it is a line dance. You can watch the whole video here: https://youtu.be/W6zAwoZh5ko . . . . . #sondreandtanya #dance #shimsham #swing #lindyhop #facebook #meta #video #insta #instagram #instagood #viral #mountain #happy #summer #music | Sondre and Tanya | Facebook

Shim Sham Time! Here's the whole sequence and Jerry does his slammin' version of the Shim Sham - before hitting the drums! Multi-talent behind the nuttiness | The Harlem Swing Dance Society