Quote Originally Posted by MartinHarper View Post
I think I'd use the word "introduced" rather than "started".
Yes, I would agree with that, it looks to me like Nigel (and maybe others at the time) discovered the slower, more connected version of Lindy as was danced by top US teachers visiting the UK for the then equivalents of our week-enders and loved the feel / look of it compared to what Ceroc was at the time. In the same way that MJ might have been inspired by French R&R...
The style suited the music (slow swing) so he started teaching connection and what is now seen as Blues dancing.

As well as being more connected, dancing slower and closer than MJ, Blues also introduces more elements of parallel movements, i.e. both dancers moving in the same direction at the same time (as opposed to stepping away from each other) with the 'blues first position' swaying from side to side and travelling in close hold.