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1860's
French painter Edgar Degas finds inspiration in the onstage and backstage world of ballet dancers. -
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1870's
Coppélia, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to music by Delibes, has its premiere at the Paris Opera -
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1880's
An American Indian visionary, Wovoka, launches a new religion that will bring the dead back to life, calling it the Ghost Dance -
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1890's
The Waltz was the favourite dance of modern times and held its own for the last fifty years. Good Waltzing meant good dancing, and you weren't said to be able to dance unless you could Waltz. -
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1900's
James Finnigan started the Military Two Step. He was also the first President of the Manchester and Salford Association of Teachers of Dancing, founded in 1903, and his grand-daughter still teaches dancing. -
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1910's
The Animal Dance craze was directly correlated with the popularity of ragtime music.Both music and dance reflected the vibrancy of modern, urban influences. The music is typified by Scott Joplin’s rags and made popular to the middle class by “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” published in 1911. -
1920's
The Charleston dance was highly influenced by the cakewalk that was danced by both blacks and whites. -
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1930's
Dance styles in the 1930s varied from Marathon Dancing to the fan favorite Jitterbug. From the awe inspiring Movie Musical to the home grown Big Apple.
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1940's
The Savoy was an immediate success with its block-long dance floor and a raised double bandstand. -
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1950's
dancing during the 1950s was widely varied in steps and styling. Most of it was still swing-based, but swing had been diverging into local styles and regional variations each decade for thirty years. In one high school it might be low and smooth; in another, wild and angular. In some areas it was constant swing moves, while in others it was dancing with steps in place, simply holding your partner's hand, with no swing moves. Other innovations are listed below. -
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1960's
The Twist, a dance done by swiveling the hips, became a worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s. The Twist became extremely popular after Chubby Checker danced the Twist while singing the song of the same name on the Dick Clark Show on August 6, 1960 -
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1970's
When the disco scene erupted in New York City in 1970, partnered dancing was revived, with the disco dancers adopting the local teen's style of swing kept alive by Latinos during the sixties. The term Latin Hustle therefore refers to the NYC Hispanics who were still dancing this way, not because it's a from a Latin American country. -
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1980's
The Hammer Dance was created by MC Hammer
The dance was incorporated with one of his hit songs "Can't Touch This"
The dance consists of your legs being parted about should length and shuffling quickly side to side -
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1990's
Contemporary Country Music giants like Billy Rae Cyrus started the craze of Country Line Dancing. Other country stars that emerged in the 90s were Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. -
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2000's
In recent years, mainstream music has been overtaken by hip-hop and rap music. The last few years in the music industry has shown to have a great contrast in styles, themes and personal taste. Dance shows have been produced to let people express their passion for dance and how it can impact on peoples lives. Hip-hop, Jazz, tap and many other dance styles have been used more in dance classes, Calisthenics, Gymnastics and more dance classes are open in local area's.