The ban on dancing and rock music in the 1984 classic movie "Footloose" sometimes seems to be a bit far-fetched. ... was not all that uncommon in many American towns and cities in the 1920s.

By the end of the 1920s, at least 60 communities across the nation enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls.

It wasn’t only dancing that caused anxiety in the 1920s. On July 10, 1921, the Burlington Hawk-eye published a full-page story headlined “Petting Parties, Popular Pastime.” ...

There was money to be made in the popular marathon dance contests held during the late 1920s and into the Great Depression, when a bulk of the workforce was unemployed. Dancers would move to music ...

A 100-year-old ban on jazz music and dancing in New Orleans public schools has finally been lifted, though it was never actually enforced. WWNO's Aubri Juhasz explains how the ban came into being.

"The dancing seems to have pushed jazz in a new direction," said Harker, who notes that dance's role in the development of early jazz music has not been well understood. Between the summer of 1926 and ...

Free 1920s Jazz Dance Picnic on Governors Island, NYC June 7 and 8. Source: All About Jazz May 19, 2008 View read count. Jazz-Age Lawn Party on Governors Island, New York Harbor Saturday and Sunday, ...

Lindy Hop is a jazz dance that originated in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s and has since gained a following across the world, with large communities in Sweden and South Korea. It's an African ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by From the set design to the wig styles, the Broadway musical creates a richly detailed vision of the 1920s and ’30s. Its creators share their ...

By the end of the 1920s, at least 60 communities across the nation enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls. ... 1920s Jazz, the final film in the 4-part Culture Shock series.