20s Dance

Flappers are icons of the Roaring Twenties the social political turbulence and increased transatlantic cultural exchange that followed the end of World War I as well as the export of American jazz culture to Europe.

20s dance. Released June 28 1926. The clip is from DONT KNOCK THE ROCK 1956. Dance Moves from the 1920s The 1920s are known as the Roaring Twenties because of the rise of jazz and dance culture.

What Fred Ginger did was theater and spectacle and was never intended to be an accurate representation of how ordinary folks danced. Waltz The waltz actually goes back to around 1770 but enjoyed a renewed period of popularity in the 1920s. The most famous and recognizable dance from the twenties was the Charleston.

By German and Czech immigrants. Previously ballroom dancing although silly with animal dances was structured and tame compared to the independent Charleston Black Bottom and Shimmy dances that took over dance floors in the roaring 20s. Green Hill Instrumental - The Charleston i do not own the copyright to this music ht.

Dance music came to dominate all forms of popular music by the late 1920s. The Flappers the New Age Jazz the prohibition etc and the cool dance moves. Several iconic dances are associated with this period.

The dance that epitomizes the 1920s is the Charleston. The Black Bottom this dance became popular in the 1920s and could be danced solo or as a couple or as in this case in a group. Waltzes and two-steps are the most common forms of partner-style dancing but youll also find variations on polkas and other folk dances brought to the US.

1The Black Bottom Originating among African-Americans in the rural South the Black Bottom eventually was appropriated by white society and became a national craze in the 1920s. Hedonism and liberation were in and the original youth movement of the flappers forever changed the role of women in our society. The roaring 20s dances were wild and carefree.