Editing Shim Sham (section)

==Variations==
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There are several variations of "shim sham" [[choreography]]. There is the choreography used by Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant, as well as a number of variations by Leonard Reed and others. Other "shim sham" choreographies include ones by [[Frankie Manning]], [[Al Minns]] and [[Leon James (dancer)|Leon James]] (also called the "Savoy Shim Sham"), and [[Dean Collins (dancer)|Dean Collins]].
 
The Leonard Reed Shim Shams:

* The original Shim Sham from 1927, a 32-bar chorus composed of four steps and a break
* The Freeze Chorus, circa 1930s, the original Shim Sham without the breaks
* The Joe Louis Shuffle Shim Sham, 1948, a tap-swing dance 32-bar chorus number that Leonard Reed performed with the World Heavyweight Boxing champ Joe Louis
* The Shim Sham II, 1994, a 32-bar chorus dance based on the original Shim Sham
* The Revenge of the Shim Sham, 2002, a 32-bar chorus dance, Leonard Reed’s final Shim Sham, which builds upon his original four (the name was suggested by Maxwell DeMille at a performance at the [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|Orpheum Theatre]] in Los Angeles).