In Musicals what is a Swing?

Question

In Musicals what is a Swing?

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Thank you La vadet!!

Answer 1

A swing is like an understudy- you can play various roles but you're not assigned to any particular one for performances (you go on as needed.)

Answer 2

Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States.
Swing is distinguished primarily by a strong rhythm section, usually including double bass and drums, medium to fast tempo, and the distinctive swing time rhythm that is common to many forms of jazz

Answer 3

Swing was the music of the 20s/30s/40s Bands like Ellington, Glenn Miller, etc all played `Swing` which is often wrongly described as Jazz(Which it isn't).

Answer 4

la vedet is right. The big difference between a swing and an understudy is that an understudy generally covers one role where as a swing covers all of them. I did a tour of Peter Pan a few years ago, and we had understudies for all of the leads, and two swings, one male and one female (the female swing doubled as the dance captain and also played Tinkerbell). They had to know every chorus member's part (and went on for many of us too).

Answer 5

The Swing is a particlular style of dance, quite laid back but jazzy, i think

Answer 6

Big Band / Jazz/ extravaganza.

Answer 7

Give la vedet the best answer! he/she gave you the correct info first :-)

Answer 8

dance