Life in the 1920s » Dance http://1920-30.com/blog Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dance Etiquette – 1921 http://1920-30.com/blog/dance-etiquette-1921/ http://1920-30.com/blog/dance-etiquette-1921/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:40:27 +0000 admin http://1920-30.com/blog/?p=36

Dancing is an art. More than that, it is a healthful art. In its graceful movements, cadenced rhythms, and expressive charms are evident the same beautiful emotions that are so eloquently expressed in music, sculpture, painting. And it is through these expressions of emotion, through this silent poetry of the body that dancing becomes a healthful a... continued here

]]> http://1920-30.com/blog/dance-etiquette-1921/feed/ 0 Social Dancing in Boston in 1924 http://1920-30.com/blog/social-dancing-in-boston-in-1924/ http://1920-30.com/blog/social-dancing-in-boston-in-1924/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:38 +0000 admin http://1920-30.com/blog/?p=30 THE modern social dance is of distinctly recent growth. It is as yet in an embryonic state. Eventually it will yield to one or the other of the two forces that have molded and controlled all dancing from Adam’s time, first the effect on the dancer and second the effect on the audience. As a general thing the more civilized the nation the more... continued here

]]> http://1920-30.com/blog/social-dancing-in-boston-in-1924/feed/ 0 The Charleston in 1925 http://1920-30.com/blog/the-charleston-in-1925/ http://1920-30.com/blog/the-charleston-in-1925/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:49:18 +0000 admin http://1920-30.com/blog/?p=19 For the benefit of those optimistic persons who feel themselves capable of learning to dance by correspondence course, the following information is given: Oscar Duryea, American authority on modern dances, describes how it is actually performed. The position at the start is as follows: Man’s left foot behind the right, left toe at the heel of... continued here

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