What were the great Fifties rock and roll dance steps?
What were the great Fifties rock and roll dance steps?Answer: By the Fifties, many teens had actually learned “fast dancing” — an alternative to classic ballroom dancing that could incorporate all these styles and more, from none other than their parents! It was, however, ABC’s nationally televised American Bandstand that brought American teens together into one main style of dance, sometimes mistakenly simplified as “rock and roll” dancing. The wild movements of the Jitterbug were toned down for broadcast, so as to not offend Middle America, and Fifties rock dancing was born. When new dances appeared, they became incorporated through the show, but most were either line dances (The Stroll), imported exotica (Calypso), remnants of earlier dances (The Bop), or dances created by the on-air kids themselves, the most famous of which is the Hand Jive! The Shake, The Walk, The Alligator, and The Dog were also becoming popular dances around this time. The Harlem Shuffle, Fly, Popeye, Swim, Bo
