Evolutino of Dance

• What was in the roaring 1920's? what is is also known as?


  The roaring 20's are dances from the 1920's. It is also known as the Jazz Age.
• The roaring 1920's or the jazz age was often ralked about as?

  wild and carefree

  example: from the Shimmy, to the Charleston, to Gatsby parties

  it was the era of the flapper and the dances were decribed as wild and carefree
• In the roaring 1920's most dances were performed at?


  night clubs together with illegal alcohol.
• In the roaring 1920's club, what do you call their dances?


  Marathons, in which you dance until you can't dance anymore.
• In the late 1920's what dances, which are still played today, came?


  The tango and the waltz,.
• What was occuring in the 1930's and the 1940's?


  The Great Depression, during this dancing still remained popuolar despite throughout all the chaos in hardships that happened during the time. Dancing was an escape for the people
• IN the 1930s and 1940s, what's the situation for african-american men?


  60% of African-American men had no work and Black musicians weren't allowed to do studio or radio work. However, jazz music was resilient. While businesses, including the record industry, were failing, dance halls were packed with people dancing to the music of big bands, which would soon be labeled as swing music.
• the 1930s and 1940s were the years of?


  Jazz ans swing dancing, like the jitterbug to the Lindy hop.  Even though the Germans banned dancing, it never stopped anyone, especially from the bouncy upbeat swing dance.
• In the early 1950s, what was the ideal among jazz musicians?


  Bebop, unlike swing, bebop was more confined to popular demands.
• Bebop focused on?


  musical advancement and in just a few years, it had already spread into new steams such as hard bop, cool jazz, and Afro-cuban jazz.
• Who had such a big influence in the 1950s rock and roll era?

  Elvis Presley a.k.a "The King of Rock and Roll"
• Elives presley rose to fame in what year? In what song? And the 1950s redefined what genre of music because of him?

  1956

  Heartbreak Hotel

  Popular Music, the 1950s marked the beginning of dirty dancing.
• Movies like "Grease" and "Hairspray" were inspired from the dance moves?


  The Twist and other dances made popular from this rock and roll era.

  From their poodle skirts, socks, and white tennis shoes, this era was the era of the pink ladies and dirty dancing. Especially with Elvis's rocking Pelvis, the dirty dancing seed has been planted
• The 1960s, the majority of dancing didn't include what?


  a dance partner. They had danced like the mashed potato. the Fly, the Monkey, and the funky chicken.
• The sixties was recognized as?


  the birth of revolutionary ways to live, think, and create.
• The sixties was all about?


  learning the new dance craze. It began with "Twist" introduced by CHUBBY CHECKER with the realse of his song "The Twist"; dance was largely inspired by the rock and roll music.
• Some movies inspired by the 1960s were?

  Cats and Westside Story
• It is known as the bright and colorful era.

  The 1970s
• What were the dances of the colorful, brightful, and soulful era?

  the hustle, the YMCA, and soul train lines, this upbeat era kept everyone on their toes or their "Platform shoes"
• It was also expressed sexually on the dance floor and what songs?

  Disco

  Macho man, Love machine, Foxy Lady

  This era kept everyone excited and energized.
• The most popular disco dance of the 1970s was?

  the Hustle
• What was the the basic dance in the Hustle and in the 1970s?


  Strutting across the dance with the beat or adding rock steps, or hand gestures
• What movies were influced from the 1970s?

  Satuday Night Fever starring JOHN TRAVOLTA
• In the 1980s, what era of dance was introduced?


  hip hop with boom-box carrying breakdancers performing in the streets
• What was the biggest craze in the 1980s? and what was born in this era?


  Breakdancing, street dancing was born in this era.
• Though break dancing was a thing, the 1980s was also the year for punk and heavy metal such as?


  Moshing, (jumping around to the sound of heavy metal music)
• A famous dance fil in the 1980s was? it featured what?

  Dirty Dancing, it featured the dance style "Lambada"
• What is the lambada?

  Lambada, a dance with long-standing brazilian roots, was a very sensual dance, even though it was very fast-paced.
• What other dance moves were in the 1980s?

  The Running Man, The Macarena, The Sprinkler, the Moonwalk, The worm, and the Robot.
• The 1990s was the era of?


  hiphop and line dancing which influenced the dance culture tremendously to this day.
• the 1990s had dances from? Who are the artists famous?


  tootise roll, the running man, to the Macarena.

  MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and Black Street
• The 2000s featured artists like?


  Britney Spears, NSYNC, Beyonce, and Ciara. they swept the nation with their dance moves.
• What was the signature dance move of the 2000s?

  The "Crank That Soulja Boy" and the "Teach me how to Dougie", and the "Shuffling"