This is an Easy Learning Online Course of 17 Videos on Charleston Dance Tutorials
The Charleston was a very popular dance of the 1920s enjoyed by both young women (flappers) and young men of the “Roaring ’20s” generation. The Charleston involves the fast-paced swinging of the legs and big arm movements.
The Charleston, social jazz dance highly popular in the 1920s and frequently revived. Characterized by its toes-in, heels-out twisting steps, it was performed as a solo, with a partner, or in a group.
The Charleston may have been based on a step called Jay – Bird, and is said to have originated in South Carolina, Charleston, where it was sighted in 1903.
Find out how to Charleston and learn other moves from the 1920s.