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1920s Dance

1920s Dance. But First…..The Great Gatsby!!!. Roaring 20s Culture. Characteristics of 1920s Culture Women Role Young vs. Old ; Traditional vs. Modern; Conservative vs. Liberal Prosperity (even false prosperity). Roaring 20s Culture. Start of the modern age

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1920s Dance

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  1. 1920s Dance

  2. But First…..The Great Gatsby!!!

  3. Roaring 20s Culture • Characteristics of 1920s Culture • Women Role • Young vs. Old ; Traditional vs. Modern; Conservative vs. Liberal • Prosperity (even false prosperity)

  4. Roaring 20s Culture • Start of the modern age • Dance was exuberant and energetic • 1920s style • freed women from tight corsets • new fashions of short hair / short skirts. • In the decade between Great War and the Great Depression, the world was alive and vibrant.

  5. Elements of 20s Dance • Time – upbeat tempo & rhythym • Represents the mood people were trying to set, given the circumstances of early 20s • Space – circular or straight line pattern • Force – heavy energy exerted to perform dances • youthful, less traditional but still somewhat elegant • Movement – locomotor movement

  6. Remember…? The Fox Trot

  7. Remember…? The Tango

  8. Remember…? The Waltz

  9. Baltimore Buzz • Popularized in 1921 by Florence Mills - in a popular Revue. • Ragtime dance, danced on one foot, sliding the other foot up to it, then swapping feet to repeat.

  10. The Baltimore Buzz

  11. The Black Bottom • Originated in New Orleans as a stamping, swaying “Negro” dance. • “Hop down front and then you doodle back Mooch to your left & then you mooch to your right Hands on hips and do the Mess Around Break a leg until you’re near the ground.” • Musical Producer George White - “Scandals of 1926.”

  12. The Black Bottom

  13. The Cake Walk • Well established dance with it's roots in the Black music of the Deep South. • Set in ragtime; well known composers wrote cake walks. • Scott Joplin, the undisputed king of ragtime music, mentioned it in lyrics:- • "Let me see you do the rag-time dance, • Turn left and do the cakewalk prance, • Turn the other way and do the slow drag - • Now take you lady to the World's Fair • And do the rag-time dance."

  14. The Cake Walk

  15. The Jitterbug • AKA 'Jitterbug Jive' or simply 'Jive'. • Unknown origin • Variations of name have caused variations of dances

  16. The Jitterbug

  17. The Lindy Hop • The original swing dance • Jive, Rock 'n Roll, West Coast Swing, and Boogie Woogie have evolved from this dance. • Very acrobatic; lots of force and space used

  18. The Lindy Hop

  19. The Lindy Hop - Modern

  20. The Charleston • 'Runnin Wild', in the song 'The Charleston'. • Performed by the African-Americans living at Charleston, South Carolina, before it was popularized after its debut in 1923. • Fast movements of hands and feet. • Highly energetic; involves a little bit of hopping, too. • Graceful • Can be done solo, with a partner or with a group.

  21. The Charleston

  22. DO It!....C’mon, Do it!

  23. Try this one, then…

  24. Summary • Evolved to lighten up the mood and to escape terror atmosphere caused by horror of wars • Used to be a way to vent out the feeling of distress put by the wars on public. • Hence, it can be seen that most of these dance forms are energetic and fast paced. • Much more popular amongst the youth than older people

  25. Miscellaneous Notes 1920s

  26. Drama / Theatre • Hollywood emerges • “Talkies” • The Jazz Singer

  27. Fashion – 1920s Art • On your page of notes, describe the female fashion you saw in Gatsby. Describe headwear, hairstyles, popular styles of dress, etc. Then, do the same for male fashion. • Look at the handouts on fashion. Compare the styles of men and women of the 20s to that of the 1890s.

  28. Exit Slip Additional Question • Describe how different the fashions were of the 1890s and 1920s. • Why are they so different? • How does fashion explain the generation gap of the time period?

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