Swing Dance Quartets?

[RJVB]

The modern Lindy Hop swing-scenes I reference are generally the kind that literally NEVER have a waltz.

And that's not just because the orchestra/band never gives them one?

(And yes, I did remember the Rawhide scene in the Blues Brothers after writing that )

[RLetson]

The dances at Augusta weren't a scene but more like the social events I recall from my long-ago youth--dancing for fun, with most of the courting and pair-bonding components removed, or at least sublimated. Some of the participants were certainly trying out the skills they were acquiring in the dance classes, but most of us were just, you know, dancing. And the waltzes and two-steps were generally limited to western/country nights.

Of course, that social-dancing tradition is pretty much gone now--I think my younger sister (now 75) was part of the last cohort for whom couples dancing was a thing. And even by 1962, when I graduated from high school, various rock-based dances were starting to displace the lindy/foxtrot dancing that we'd learned from our parents.

[RJVB]

Of course, that social-dancing tradition is pretty much gone now

I suppose that in the US too it persists in certain circles few of us on here probably frequent, including student societies, or am I think of yet other types of dances again?

[jameslovestal]

Here in Southern California there are still dance studios that host training sessions for various styles. My wife and a few of her friends were really interested in this. She was able to rope me in too a Lindy Hop swing-scene sessions at a local dance studio. She knew I liked the music and felt this would work. But I just wasn't into it, so we only took 3 sessions. She then signed up for salsa! (and she got very good at this).