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Line dancing probably originated from folk dancing groups in the 50's, somewhere in the mid-west with country music. However the Madison dance, might be first widely popular line dance that originated from Columbus Ohio, a video of the dance can be seen below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6pOXjQLh7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6pOXjQLh7Y
Hi, Line dancing as such goes back, wayyyyyyyyyyyyy back many years. But within living memory one of the first TRUE singular line dances was one called 'The Slosh' and dated pre WWW2 (just).
The Madison clip is not actually the 'Madison' dance. The Madison was a basic shuffle movement back and forth. Then 'calls' were added at a later date. These 'calls' consisted of different step combinations - the dancers rarely knew what was going to be called. And so in this respect, the dance cannot be called a Line Dance other wise one can call the Contre (Country/Folk) dances of the 1650's the 'first' line dances.
What is called 'Line dancing' today did not start with C&W music (as some 'still' believe) around 1990. Many believe that American dance 'The Bus Stop' from 1975 was the first post modern Line Dance and was done to 'Disco/R&B' music. The Bus Stop dance of today is slightly different to the dance done in '75. Then it was a one-wall-dance which mimicked the words of the song (Do The) Bus Stop by the Fatback Band. But in Manchester England there was also a line dance (later called '30 Something') which was a two-wall-dance and preceded The Bus Stop by seven years. There may be others even earlier that the 1968 '30 Something' but these have yet to come to light and also be authenticated.
The Madison clip is not actually the 'Madison' dance. The Madison was a basic shuffle movement back and forth. Then 'calls' were added at a later date. These 'calls' consisted of different step combinations - the dancers rarely knew what was going to be called. And so in this respect, the dance cannot be called a Line Dance other wise one can call the Contre (Country/Folk) dances of the 1650's the 'first' line dances.
What is called 'Line dancing' today did not start with C&W music (as some 'still' believe) around 1990. Many believe that American dance 'The Bus Stop' from 1975 was the first post modern Line Dance and was done to 'Disco/R&B' music. The Bus Stop dance of today is slightly different to the dance done in '75. Then it was a one-wall-dance which mimicked the words of the song (Do The) Bus Stop by the Fatback Band. But in Manchester England there was also a line dance (later called '30 Something') which was a two-wall-dance and preceded The Bus Stop by seven years. There may be others even earlier that the 1968 '30 Something' but these have yet to come to light and also be authenticated.
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Playfords.
I was around in the 60's...
and I choreographed the dance '30 Something' (Authenticated)
Playfords.
I was around in the 60's...
and I choreographed the dance '30 Something' (Authenticated)
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