Dancing
THE DANCE THAT EPITOMIZES THE 1920'S IS THE CHARLESTON. THE CHARLESTON WAS INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES OF 1923 BY THE ALL BLACK CAST AFRO-AMERICAN BROADWAY MUSICAL "RUNNING WILD", AND BECAME SO POPULAR THAT EVEN TODAY, IT IS STILL A SYMBOL FOR THE 1920S JAZZ AGE.
YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK TO THROWING THEIR ARMS AND LEGS IN THE AIR WITH RECKLESS ABANDON AND HOPPING OR "TODDLING" EVERY STEP IN THE FOXTROT, AND SOON EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT WAS DOING A NEW DANCE WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS THE TODDLE.
YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK TO THROWING THEIR ARMS AND LEGS IN THE AIR WITH RECKLESS ABANDON AND HOPPING OR "TODDLING" EVERY STEP IN THE FOXTROT, AND SOON EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT WAS DOING A NEW DANCE WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS THE TODDLE.