LAMBETH WALK

ballroom dance of the late 1930s, supposedly representing the strut of the Cockney residents of the Lambeth section of London. Adapted from the choreography of the 1937 British musical Me and My Girl, the dance was performed with walking steps in march time. Each dancer held his hands free at shoulder level, thumbs out. Couples walked side by side or face to face, linked arms to turn, or slapped their knees and shouted hoy. The dance was especially popular as a respite from the exhausting jitterbug.