Chapter 5

1. Chapter 5 Section 3

2. Popular Dances • Social dancing has been going on for centuries. • Settings for dance include school proms, dance halls, nightclubs, weddings and parties. • Getting people on the dance floor has long been a motivator of composers and songwriters.

3. Charleston • In the 1920s, American became dancing a new kind of music-hot jazz. • The 19th Amendment allowing women to vote was passed, as were laws prohibiting alcohol production. • Radio, the new invention, brought music into the homes of millions. • Young people wore skirts above the knee, rolled down their stockings, and wore their hair in short bobs.

4. Charleston • The dance associated with this trend became a Jazz Age icon- the Charleston. • It was danced everywhere including ledges of skyscrapers and wings of airplanes. • Charleston- an athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of music. • It was introduced in 1923 in the successful African American musical Runnin’ Wild.

5. Charleston • Watch the Charleston

6. Listening • Listen to the music for the Charleston. • Sing the word Charleston when you hear the syncopated pattern.