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Cosmopolitan Hall, a dance hall with a sprung floor was built in the Over-the-Rhine area of Cincinnati in 1885. [24] [25] [26] Many sprung floors were installed for dance soon after 1900 in places like embassies, hotels, and private clubs. Use of sprung floors exploded with the opening of large public dance halls between 1920 and 1945.
The Smooth and Rhythm categories of American style DanceSport roughly correspond to the Standard and Latin categories of International style. In Smooth, dancers wear costumes not greatly dissimilar to those worn by their counterparts in Standard---Standard dresses often have prominent floats embellishing the arms and fuller skirts which are typically absent in Smooth, due to the open movement ...
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discothèque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music.
The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States. On the issue dated June 20, 1992, Billboard began to tabulate cassette tape and CD maxi-singles along with 12-inch singles, and the sales chart was renamed as the Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales.
Specially performed sequence dance music in strict tempo is usually needed, although some 'ordinary' music may suffice provided it is played in 16 bar sections or sequences throughout. Ideally, sequence music will have a four bar introduction at the correct tempo and in the correct rhythm, followed by 5 or 6 sixteen bar sequences allowing all ...
Cambridge Dancers' Club (CDC) first opened its doors in October 1950 [1] as a student society in the University of Cambridge to promote Ballroom and Latin dancing. [2] It has since broadened the styles taught by their professional teachers to include Salsa and Rock 'n' Roll classes, as well as opening to all adult Cambridge residents.
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Today some cities still have clubs where female employees can be hired to dance with patrons. These clubs no longer use the ticket-a-dance system, but have time-clocks and punch-cards that allow the patron to pay for the dancer's time by the minute. The clock used by the cashier to determine the cost of time spent with a hostess is often set a ...