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Swing dance became popular in the late 1920s and maintained its popularity into the 1940s and 1950s. [3] It faded away "with the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, [then] reemerged in the 1990s". [3] This was a form of self-expression. A swing ‘scene’ is a location in which social interactions, music and dancing happens. [3]
Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Charleston, Balboa, Lindy Hop, and Collegiate Shag.
A frame from the "Madison" scene of Bande à part.From left to right: Arthur (Claude Brasseur), Odile (Anna Karina), and Franz (Sami Frey). In a famous sequence in Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 film Bande à part (Band of Outsiders, 1964), the main characters engage in a dance, which is not named in the film, but which the actors later referred to as the "Madison dance". [11]
Willa Mae Ricker and Leon James, original Lindy Hop dancers in iconic Life magazine photograph, 1943 Norma Miller and Skip Cunningham 2009 Lindy Hop Dance, 2013. The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then.
The Black Bottom is a dance which became popular during 1920s amid the Jazz Age. It was danced solo or by couples. It was danced solo or by couples. Originating among African Americans in the rural South , the black bottom eventually spread to mainstream American culture and became a national craze in the 1920s. [ 1 ]
Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe swing dancing. [1] It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance [2] [3] but might include elements of the jive, east coast swing, collegiate shag, charleston, balboa and other swing dances. [4] Swing dancing originated in the African-American communities of New York City in the early 20th ...
The Peabody is a brisk dance that covers a lot of space on the dance floor. Danced to almost any 2/4 or 4/4 ragtime tune of appropriate tempo, it is essentially a fast one-step, with long, gliding strides and a few syncopations. The leader changes sides as he travels around the floor and adds promenades and simple turns as the dance progresses.
The camel walk entered the 1950s and 1960s as a retro dance. However, unlike the group dance that it was in the 1920s, this version of the camel walk was more of a solo act. One notable performer of this dance was James Brown, who performed it when doing concerts and stage shows.