In the era of the 1920s, they weren't listening to Hip-Hop and dancing Dubstep, like you might be today, but the 1920s had its own music and dance revolution. For the first time, dancers were closer together, some were even touching, and the music was faster, more soulful, and louder than ever before. In spite of the horrors that the nation lived during this time of the Great War, the dancers took to the ground great movements in styles like the Shimmy, the Charleston, the Foxtrot, the Tango and the Waltz (study.com).
The Shimmy is a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body shakes or sways back and forth, and at the same time leaning back and forth to the beat of the music. Charleston, named for the town in South Carolina, involved turning …show more content…
The first taxi dance halls opened in New York, Chicago and other major cities. This type of dance, during the 20s, exceeded the public dance hall and became the most popular of the time.
Taxi dancers are hired to dance with their clients couple dances. The price of the dance tickets was about ten cents each. The client chose the dancer he wanted and presented the ticket he had previously bought. For each ticket the dancer danced a song with the customer. The taxi dancers would earn a commission for every dance ticket earned. Nowadays although the dance of the taxi has disappeared for the most part in the United States, still it is practiced in some other countries.
We can see examples of “Taxi dance” in famous movies like “Lucille Ball”, “The Girl Said No”, “These Glamour Girls” or “Two Seconds” (en.wikipedia.org).
Also, we can read examples of “Taxi dance” in famous books like “Ten Cents a Dance”, which is about a 15-year-old girl who works as a taxi dancer. Christine Fletcher's is the author of this fantastic book that really represent the life of the taxi dancers.
In conclusion, nowadays the music, dance, and behavior of the twenties may seem tame, but for their time, they were part of a great