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What a waste of time!!! I grew up in the 50s in the home of Soul, Blues and Rock n' Roll known as Memphis, TN. You know, the home of ELVIS, greatest entertainer ever. We danced the Bop, the Stroll, the Cha Cha, the Chicken but NOT what you were doing. You need to do better research because you're in the wrong decade!!!🙄🤦
Great to see young people attempting to keep this wonderful era of rocknroll dance alive - but please get your years of origin correct. Some of us are still alive and we lived and breathed some of these dances. Loved them and still do. Get out rocknroll dancing when I can.
My grandma met my grandpa at a dance and they still remember teaching my mom how to dance like this. Wish dancing nowadays was this fun. Also watch the Andy Griffith show, they have a lot of this style dancing
So happy to hear you approve! Thank you so much for writing a script for us. All involved had a lot of fun. We loved that you used many of the characters we have used in earlier Monster Mash Seasons.
What are the different eras of dance? 10 Decades of Dancing in the USA 1920’s - Swing Dancing. 1930’s - Moonwalk. 1940’s - Mambo and East Coast Swing. 1950’s - Hand Jive and Cha Cha. 1960’s - Locking, Popping, and Robot-ing. 1970’s - Disco, Chicago Stepping, and Salsa. 1980’s - Rock and Roll. 1990’s - Zumba and Memphis Jookin’ What dances were popular in 2008? Novelty and fad dances are dances which are typically characterized by a short burst of popularity. Some of them may get longer-lasting life. They are also called dance fads or dance crazes….2000s. Year Dance 2007 Dougie 2008 Single Ladies (Beyoncé) 2009 Jerkin’ 2009 Stanky Legg When did competitive dance start? Dance turned into genuine sport at the beginning of the twentieth century, when French entrepreneur, dancer and choreographer Camille de Rhynal and a group of dancers added competition to what had been purely a social activity, when they converted ballrooms into venues for their dance contests. What were popular dances in the 1960s? A Few Famous Dances in the Sixties The Freddie. Lift your right arm and leg Lift your left arm and leg. The Frug. Stand with your feet together and bend your knees slightly. The Hitch-Hike. The Loco-motion. The Mashed Potato. The Shimmy. The Swim. The Twist. What were the dances in the 90s? VOGUE. The Running Man. The Sprinkler. Kid ‘N’ Play. Macarena. Hammer Time. Cha Cha Slide/Electric Slide. Roger Rabbit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oe2cE-eVhtg.html
I always loved the idea of these. My grandmother told me a story once from one that she attended when she was young. Apparently someone played a prank and somehow nicked some of the students shoes so a good majority of them were heading home at the end of the hop in there socks!
I'm Kenickie in a HS version of grease and need to know some random 50's dances for when I'm not doing anything specific and was quite surprised by the Grease callout! the HandJive contest is one of the. hardest. dances. but I've been having a lot of fun!
how does this not have more attention?? this helped me sooooo much on my broadway project! you guys are so smart and deserve much more attention! and my favourite fact was how long musicals were. :)
