Lindy Hop is the most well known of all the swing dances.
Giving birth to many partner dances, including Modern Jive, Boogie Woogie, Rock & Roll, Ceroc, and much more.

Its origins are an African-American dance, which originated during the swing era in the 1920s and 30s in Harlem, New York.
Lindy hop today is danced across the globe as a social dance, as a competitive dance, as a performance dance, and in classes, workshops, and camps.
Lindy hop is danced to Swing Music, Jazz, and Blues and pretty much anything that has that swing feel.
Think Duke Ellington, Count Basie Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Bublé and you will get the idea.