Dance marathons originated as part of an early 1920s giddy jazz age fad for human endurance competitions such as flagpole sitting and six day bicycle races.
Dance floor 1920.
The lindy hop was the original swing.
The dance that epitomizes the 1920 s is the charleston.
The charleston is characterized by outward heel kicks combined with an up and down movement achieved by.
The newer fox trot had never caught on having been introduced only months before the war started so the fox trot escaped the pre war stigma and became the favorite dance of 1920.
Sharpshooter one who spends well and dances much.
Shifter another species of a flapper.
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Gone was the victorian waltzes and slow paced promenades.
One of the more popular dances of the 1920s which was still seen on dance floors into the 1950s was the lindy hop which later became known as the jitterbug.
There were new rules and sometimes no rules to dance for the charleston it was all in the time signature an upbeat 4 4 the enabler for a strong beat.
The charleston the foxtrot and the tango brought the early 1920 s dance floors to life.
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For the dance floor at your 1920s style party.
Seetie anybody a flapper hates.
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They were from an entire era ago before the war and thus were out of fashion.
On the dance floor the grizzly bear turkey trot and one step weren t merely ten years old.
The history of 1920 s dance.
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They enhance performance and greatly reduce injuries.
Such floors are considered the best kind for dance and indoor sports and physical education.
Scandal a short term for scandal walk.
Modern sprung floors are supported by foam backing or rubber feet while traditional floors provide their spring through bending woven wooden battens.
Scandaler a dance floor fullback.
Dance marathons persisted throughout the 1930s as partially staged performance events mirroring the marathon of desperation americans endured during the great depression.
A sprung floor is a floor that absorbs shocks giving it a softer feel.