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  2. Jazz dance - Wikipedia

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    Jazz music became increasingly popular. Dance styles evolved, incorporating elements from African traditions, social dances, and Jazz Music. This period saw the rise of iconic figures such as Josephine Baker and the Nicholas Brothers, who brought Jazz Dance to mainstream audiences. [5]

  3. List of jazz genres - Wikipedia

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    British dance band is a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s. 1920s -> Cape jazz: Cape jazz (more often written Cape Jazz) is a genre of jazz that is performed in the southernmost part of Africa, the name being a reference to Cape Town, South Africa. 1990s ->

  4. List of dance styles - Wikipedia

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    (Top) 1 American. 2 Belly dance. 3 Ceremonial dance. 4 Disco / Soul dance. 5 Free and improvised dance. ... Feliksdal, B (2004) Jazz Dance Syllabus Jazz, Rhythm, Body ...

  5. Lindy Hop - Wikipedia

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    It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston. It is frequently described as a jazz dance and is a member of the swing dance family.

  6. Swing (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Charleston, Balboa, Lindy Hop, and Collegiate Shag.

  7. Social dancing in the 20th century United States - Wikipedia

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    Ragtime "produced a sound very different from the 19th Century ballroom music" and therefore became a popular social dance of the upper, middle, and lower classes. [1] After 1917, ragtime became less popular as Jazz caught the public's attention.

  8. List of 1920s jazz standards - Wikipedia

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    Jazz had become popular music in the country, although older generations considered the music immoral and threatening to old cultural values. [3] Dances such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom were very popular during the period, and jazz bands typically consisted of seven to twelve musicians.

  9. 1920s in jazz - Wikipedia

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    Dances such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom were very popular during the period, and jazz bands typically consisted of seven to twelve musicians. Important orchestras in New York were led by Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington.