The swingout evolved from the
breakaway, which in turn evolved from the
Texas Tommy. The first documented mention of the swingout pattern that resembles breakaway was in 1911, to describe a "Texas Tommy Swing" show done at the
Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.[2] Its variants are used in
Jive,
East Coast Swing,
West Coast Swing and
Modern Jive.[3]
References
^Ralph G. Giordano, Social Dancing in America: A History and Reference, volume 2, Lindy Hop to Hip-Hop, 1901-2000 (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006).
^Claude Conyers, "Texas Tommy," in The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed., edited by Charles Hiroshi Garrett (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).