By Raymond Mendoza, Kahuku.
And we still got them. The kids will always be there and it always right up their alley. Even from my time it was "never trust anyone over thirty." The elders did not decide this, the kids did. They must accept the responsibility and that division will always be there. As the pop music market exploded in the late 1950s, successive dance fads were commercialized and exploited. From the 1950s to the 1970s new dance fads appeared almost every week and the Dance Studios had many students.
Many were popularized (or commercialized) versions of new styles or steps created by the young dancers who frequented the clubs and discothèques in major U.S. cities like New York, Philadelphia and Detroit. Among these were the Madison, "The Swim", the "Mashed Potato", "The Twist", "The Frug" (pronounced 'froog'), "The Watusi", "The Shake" and "The Hitchhike." Following the Foxtrot, '60s dance crazes had animal names, including "The Pony," "The Dog" and "The Chicken" (not to be confused with the later Chicken Dance).
In 1965 the Mexican-American group Cannibal and the Headhunters had a hit with the 1962 Chris Kenner song "Land of a Thousand Dances" which included the names of sixteen such dances. One list of Fad Dances compiled in 1971 named over ninety dances. Standardized versions of dance moves were published in dance and teen magazines, often choreographed to popular songs. Songs such as "The Loco-Motion" were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance.
In the early 1970s the disco spawned a succession of dance fads including the Bump, The Hustle, and the YMCA. This continued in the 1980s with the popular song "Walk like an Egyptian", in the 1990s with the "Macarena", in the 2000s with "The Ketchup Song" and in the 2010s with "Gangnam Style". Contemporary sources for dance crazes include music videos and movies. There are fad dances which are meant to be danced individually as solo, others are partner dances, and yet others are danced in groups.
Some of them were of freestyle type, i.e., there were no particular step patterns and they were distinguished by the style of the dance movement (Twist, Shake, Swim, Pony, Hitchhike). Only some have survived to the present day, sometimes only as the name of a step (Suzie Q, Shimmy) or of a style (Mashed Potato) in a recognized dance. Fad dances are in fashion at the time of their popularity. They come to be associated with a specific time period, and can evoke particular forms of nostalgia when revived.
And we still got them. The kids will always be there and it always right up their alley. Even from my time it was "never trust anyone over thirty." The elders did not decide this, the kids did. They must accept the responsibility and that division will always be there. As the pop music market exploded in the late 1950s, successive dance fads were commercialized and exploited. From the 1950s to the 1970s new dance fads appeared almost every week and the Dance Studios had many students.
"We may not be there yet but we are closer to our dance than we were yesterday"
Many were popularized (or commercialized) versions of new styles or steps created by the young dancers who frequented the clubs and discothèques in major U.S. cities like New York, Philadelphia and Detroit. Among these were the Madison, "The Swim", the "Mashed Potato", "The Twist", "The Frug" (pronounced 'froog'), "The Watusi", "The Shake" and "The Hitchhike." Following the Foxtrot, '60s dance crazes had animal names, including "The Pony," "The Dog" and "The Chicken" (not to be confused with the later Chicken Dance).
"Fly Me To The Moon" by Jimmy Borges
"Maui Waltz" by Loyal Garner
In the early 1970s the disco spawned a succession of dance fads including the Bump, The Hustle, and the YMCA. This continued in the 1980s with the popular song "Walk like an Egyptian", in the 1990s with the "Macarena", in the 2000s with "The Ketchup Song" and in the 2010s with "Gangnam Style". Contemporary sources for dance crazes include music videos and movies. There are fad dances which are meant to be danced individually as solo, others are partner dances, and yet others are danced in groups.
"Adoro" por Armando Manzanero
Some of them were of freestyle type, i.e., there were no particular step patterns and they were distinguished by the style of the dance movement (Twist, Shake, Swim, Pony, Hitchhike). Only some have survived to the present day, sometimes only as the name of a step (Suzie Q, Shimmy) or of a style (Mashed Potato) in a recognized dance. Fad dances are in fashion at the time of their popularity. They come to be associated with a specific time period, and can evoke particular forms of nostalgia when revived.
"But the simple basic moves remain the same from five thousands years ago
in the Mexican Civilizations."
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