1920s
The Jazz Age
Charleston
flappers
While doing research on a project for the 1920's, I read somewhere that it was because of the flapping movement of their arms while doing the popular 1920's dance, the charleston. hope this helped :)
The Charleston was a popular fast dance during the 1920s.
The Charleston
The 1920s "dance and sneeze" candy bar is actually the Charleston Chew. This candy was named after the dance that was popular during the 1920s.
The name of a dance and several towns. But the Charleston wasn't just named after a few towns and a dance. the dance was called the Charleston after Charleston, South Carolina. This dance is solo though. It was named after the tune Charleston By Scott Joplin.
It means woman who like to dance. They dance in non-tight clothes.
The Charleston became a national dance craze in 1925, characterized by its lively and energetic movements. This dance style, which originated in the African American communities of the South, gained immense popularity during the Roaring Twenties, particularly through its association with jazz music. The Charleston was often performed in social settings and reflected the era's spirit of liberation and fun. Its infectious rhythm and distinctive style made it a defining dance of the decade.
To learn the Charleston, one can go to the local dance studio. The Charleston is a popular dance to learn, many dance studios teach it, even though it is quite old.
It was a social eperiment and invented a dance called the charleston.