Tuesday Dance Trivia: Type of dance event in 1937
by Alain Wong
Last week’s answer
During the ragtime era at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, people started partner-dancing to the new syncopated rhythms and created new dance steps. Ballrooms became playgrounds for grownups, where people did “le pas de l’ours” and “le pas du dindon”. Name five other Animal Dances.
ANSWER: Animal Dances include the Turkey Trot, the Chicken Scratch, the Monkey Glide, the Grizzly Bear, the Bunny Hug, the Fox Trot, the Camel Walk, the Squirrel, the Duck Waddle, the Buzzard Lope and many more. These simple and easy-to-do dances were caricatures of animal movement, and did not require the intricate patterns of 19th century European dances. As Freddie mentioned, you can learn these dances on How to dance through time Vol. II. Dances of the Ragtime Era 1910-1920
Congrats Meghan, Freddie and David for naming five each. And Matt for bringing up Adam Boehmer’s favorite living creature.
This Week’s Tuesday Dance Trivia Question: At what 1937 event was this picture taken?
This photograph was taken in 1937. What type of dance event does it portray?
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Aw, poor kids. According to a Google search of LIFE images, they’re two couples remaining after a 5-month long dance marathon. What an exhausting way to earn some dough! See an aerial view of the same scene here: http://tinyurl.com/cnufjf
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