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One list of Fad Dances compiled in 1971 named over ninety dances. [1] Standardized versions of dance moves were published in dance and teen magazines, often choreographed to popular songs. Songs such as " The Loco-Motion " were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance and many more pop hits, such as " Mashed Potato Time ...
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]
Jewel McGowan, dancer of Lindy Hop, a form of swing dance, in the 1940s and 1950s. She is known among dance aficionados as the frequent partner of dancer Dean Collins. Jewel was considered by her fellow Los Angeles dancers to be the best female swing dancer who ever lived.
It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston. It is frequently described as a jazz dance and is a member of the swing dance family.
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists:
Chicago. Chicago released a whopping 11 albums in the '70s, with five topping the charts. During their successful run, the band suffered a devastating blow in 1978 with the death of guitarist and ...
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
Ragtime and jazz dance were both iconic dances of the 20th century. Both of them contained syncopated rhythms and dance steps that were very different from the polite and proper dance steps from centuries before. The new technology that came with the century made way for new ways of thinking, which in turn brought new music and exciting new dances.