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Ragtime Dance. At the end of the nineteenth century, the growing influence of a new kind of popular music substantially changed the nature of dance. Ragtime had become a popular American style of music, chiefly composed for the piano, that flourished between 1890 and World War I.
See this page on Ragtime Era Dance Fashions. for a page on Vernon Castle's exploits in aerial combat.) But for a brief four years, the "modern dancing" craze redefined social dancing for the new 20th century, while also changing prototypes for personal relationships, both on and off the dance floor.
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb.
The popularity of ragtime began to wane by the first decade of the 20th century, but there have been various revival efforts since the 1940s. They include the release of new recordings, the formation of ragtime societies and clubs, oral history projects, various publications, and live stage and television performances.
By the 20th century (as ragtime became popular), various forms of the blues helped define, musically, the experience of many black southerners. The blues was rooted rhythmically and lyrically to the work songs that served a multiplicity of roles within the enslaved plantation culture of the South. 8 Beyond the musicological connections, the ...
29 de abr. de 2008 · Volume II of the How to Dance Through Time series brims over with instructions and demonstrations of 44 fun, catchy steps from the Ragtime era. Enjoy the nostalgic reincarnation of the...
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The dawn of the 20th Century brought a new, modern dance to match the wild new rhythms of Ragtime. It had none of the complicated footwork of a Victorian ballroom. It was the One-Step and it was so called because it was just walking.