twist
Sign in to savedance inspired by rock and roll music; music genre associated with the dance
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- rock and roll
- Country of origin
- United States
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C0517-0010-005, Berlin, Deutschlandtreffen, tanzende Jugendliche.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Twist (dance)
- Commons category
- Twist (dance)
- different from
- Twist
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- inception
- 1958-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Dancing the twist, East Berlin, May 17, 1964
The twist is a dance that was inspired by rock and roll music. From 1959 to the early sixties it became a worldwide dance craze, enjoying immense popularity while drawing controversies from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired dances such as the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, the Monkey, and the Funky Chicken, but none were as popular.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “twist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.