The Roaring Twenties is when many of the dances came out. “An era that is full fast cars, jazz, speakeasies, wealth, and wild kids quotes one the parties were bigger the pace was faster the shows were broader the buildings were higher. (Roaring , 2017). Some of the dances were the Charleston the foxtrot the waltz the tango. The dances seemed to develop from cultures combining and dances, traveling from shore to shore. “People saw the new dances in Hollywood movies and practiced them to music from phonograph records or to radio broadcasts before going out on the dance floors of nightclubs or school gymnasiums.” (1920’s, 2017). Dances born from this craze were the Charleston, Waltz, Tango, Shimmy, Fox Trot, and the Texas Tommy.
The Charleston was a dance that was created with outward heel …show more content…
The dances were all during the jazz age and during The Great Gatsby
The Texas Tommy the "Fairmont hotel gave birth to the Texas Tommy it’s a swing dance it was known as the first couples dance it had an 8 count rhythm which was a dance that deals with acrobatics. Fred Astaire danced the steps in the story Verne and Irene castle.
These dances are all in all the great Gatsby, which was known as the jazz age, which they all had a waving motion when it comes to the clothes.
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