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	Twist Dance - Streetswings Dance History archives - Main Page
		Hank Ballard wrote the original song to the twist in 1955 when he "saw" teenagers doing the dance (published it in 1958.) Kal Mann of Parkway records saw the teenagers on American Bandstand dancing to Hank Ballard’s record, “The Twist,” and hired Chubby Checker to performed it on Clay Cole’s TV show in 1959.
		Unfortunately, the twist was also associated to racism, payola, copyright infringement and the Mafia.
		The Bossa Nova was the new dance that was to replace the Twist...
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3twist1.htm (327 words)

	Twist (dance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Twist was a rock and roll dance popular in the early 1960s named after the song that originated it, The Twist.
		The dance was first popularized by Chubby Checker in 1960 with a hit cover of the 1959 B-side and minor hit "The Twist" written by Hank Ballard.
		In 1961, at the height of the Twist craze, patrons at New York's hot Peppermint Lounge on West 45th Street were twisting to the music of the house band, a local group from Jersey, Joey Dee and the Starliters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Twist (427 words)

	Twist’s Petrushka at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
		Twist’s Petrushka is a sensory treat—beautiful, unusual, live music, and entrée into a small world of visual opulence.
		Twist’s puppetry for this project is a fusion of two culturally separate techniques: Bunraku, a Japanese style that involves the use of large puppets manipulated by more than one person, and Czech fl theatre, in which fl clad puppeteers remain practically invisible right on the stage.
		Twist describes his fascination with turning the tables on the usual result of ballet dancers pretending to be puppets.
	www.newberkshire.com /reviews/jppet.html (548 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Twist
		Twist, however, is just a hodgepodge of archival dance footage, new interviews with the originators of the dance, and current footage of aging American Bandstand performers trying to recreate what they did 40 to 50 years ago and it ranges from the mildly interesting to truly embarrassing.
		One of the featured dance couples on "American Bandstand" relates how they introduced a dance on the show that they had learned from fls, only to have the show effectively make them claim it was their own invention.
		Twist is an effort to document the twist dance craze that starts off with some promise, but eventually goes off the rails.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/twist.php (781 words)

	The Twist - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Twist initiated a slew of new dance crazes; The Frug, The Jerk, The Swim, The Monkey, The Pony, The Shake, The Watusi and The Hully Gully.
		Journalist Beverley Nichols put his finger on what disturbed the establishment about The Twist when he wrote "The curious, perverted heart of it is that you dance it alone".
		As the decade closed however, it became clear that The Twist had changed forever the way young people danced.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /pop/twist.htm (495 words)

	Immorality And The Twist ?
		After attending a small congregation, Rock n' Roll oldies dance, that a sister had held at a rented hall, I had heard that an elder privately counseled her on the playing of the song "the twist" and then dancing the "twist" to it.
		So when any modern dance puts the emphasis on gyrating of the hips and rolling of breasts by females, it is well to realize that this is not modest behavior, that this same sort of thing is done by native people in various parts of the world in their fertility dances.
		Christians may find enjoyment in dancing; but when they find that the dance currently in vogue in the old world is sexually suggestive (highlighting erotic movements of the breasts and hips), then they avoid it, instead of feeling that they ought to follow the crowd.
	www.escapefromwatchtower.com /chubby.html (2268 words)


		Men twist the ladies out to the side as you would do in a normal First Move.
		Men, twist the ladies out to the side as you take your right hand behind her back and transfer the lady’s right hand from your left to your right.
		Men, twist the ladies forwards with your right hand - so that she steps forwards turning to her left into your body.
	danceyourselfdizzy.blogspot.com (4849 words)

	TV ACRES: Dance & Dancing - The Twist (Chubby Checkers)
		The dance reportedly had its birth in New York City at the nightclub called The Peppermint Lounge, where celebrities such as Zsa Zsa Gabor twisted the night away.
		In 1962, Clint Eastwood danced the Twist on the episode "Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed" on the sitcom MISTER ED/CBS/1961-65.
		Other dance crazes to follow included the Swim, the Frug, the Hully Gully, the Boogaloo, the Hitchhike, the Hucklebuck, the Mouse, the Monkey, the Watusi, the Pony and the Jerk.
	www.tvacres.com /dance_twist.htm (296 words)

	History of Rock and Jazz-chapter 15
		With the arrival of the new dance form of l960, The Twist, the manner of dancing in popular society changed.
		The Twist immediately became controversial and some people wondered whether the Twist was truly a dance or a gymnastic event.
		Dances such as the Jerk, the Watusi, the Fly, and the Pony became briefly popular.
	www3.shastacollege.edu /music/hrj/chap15.html (455 words)

	Chubby Checker
		A song called "Pony Time" was written in 1960 by Don Covay and John Berry and was released on the tiny Arnold label by a group called "The Goodtimers".
		In the fall of 1961, record industry history was made, when Checker's original hit record, "The Twist", re-entered the charts and by January of 1962, it was back in the number one position.
		His success continued for years with the release of one dance record after another, with, "The Fly" and "Let's Twist Again", for which he won a Grammy for the "Best Rock Performance".
	www.classicbands.com /checker.html (916 words)

	50's, 60's, 70's, 80's Dance Videos and DVDs
		Overall, the Hustle is a dance that was born as an adaptation to the new music of the disco craze, but has survived as a dance that has and will continue to grow with the times, trends and needs of the dancing public.
		If you always wanted to "shine" on the dance floor doing the dances of the 50's and 60's, this tape is for you.
		Funky style dancing was the craze and it was fashionable to wear parachute pants, biker shorts or sweats.
	www.centralhome.com /ballroomcountry/oldies-dance-videos.htm (948 words)

	Sixties City - Bringing on back the good times
		Although contact dancing with a partner was still as popular as always (naturally!) variations and speed became more frantic and less formalised.
		In the States, instructions for doing the Twist were enclosed with every record sold, advising "Imagine you are stubbing out a cigarette with both feet whilst drying your back with a towel", which pretty well describes it.
		The 'Batusi' was a slightly sinister dance, based on the Watusi, using 'moves' mimicking the actions of 'Batman'.
	www.sixtiescity.com /Culture/dance.shtm (2224 words)

	twist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This dance has become less popular over the years because people wore the dance out by dancing it too much, doing the same moves over and over again.
		Some other factors that influenced this dance could be that the war was going on at that time, and Rock and Roll was taking the country by storm.
		Some similarities between this dance and others are; some of the steps are the same as other dances, and some of the moves, or the way your body moves is similar to other dances.
	www.saskschools.ca /~nlsd/grassroots/life/dance/docs/twist.html (250 words)

	Twist
		"Twist" songwriter Hank Ballard's version of the dance was considered too risqué for TV, but when Chubby Checker "made it nice" on American Bandstand, the move swept the nation, leading to other steps like "The Monkey," "The Potato," and eventually the do-your-own-thing of today.
		All the people most instrumental in creating the dance craze who were alive at the time of filming are interviewed, many of them demonstrating their own twist (pun intended) on the dance.
		If you loved "Hairspray", (and not just because you're a John Waters fan), loved dancing at any point in your life, or the music of the time period (especially if you're a fan of any of the artists interviewed), this movie is worth hunting down and owning.
	www.dvd-today.com /dvd/B000067IY8/Twist.html (1242 words)

	Dance Crazes - Fads Of The 1950's And 60's - Everybody Twist!
		With Bobby Freeman ("Do You Wanna Dance") Danny and the Juniors ("At the Hop"), and other artists extolling the virtues of dancing in general, individual steps such as the stroll were able to achieve maximum saturation through this venue.
		By late 1961, the jet set crowds were photographed dancing the twist at New York's famed Peppermint Lounge.
		Although new dances continued to appear in pop recordings throughout the 1960s, the movement's momentum was severely disrupted by the British Invasion, followed by American Renaissance trends, including soul, folk rock, and assorted West Coast styles.
	www.jeffosretromusic.com /dance.html (919 words)

	Dance; Doing the twist: Dec 21, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Rukmini Devi Arundale, who learnt Sadir dance (as Bharatanatyam was once called) from an Isai Vellalar guru, went ahead and made it her own by weaving in her sensibilities.
		Rukmini Devi did not have a conventional audience and her own sensibilities were not conventional; she changed the dance to suit her circumstance just as countless nattuvanars (gurus) and devadasis did earlier.
		So let us say that modern contemporary dance is a point of view, an attitude, towards the function of art in the contemporary world.
	www.the-week.com /23dec21/enter.htm (531 words)

	Bill Bader's Linedance Choreography - Line Dances at All Levels
		I have listed this dance here for a couple years now hoping the album will eventually be released because the song "Cowboy For A Night" is terrrrific and perfect for a line dance.
		This dance was spread around the world mainly by it being chosen for so many different dance competitions.
		Dance levels are in the eye of the beholder.
	www.billbader.com /billdances_p2.htm (3949 words)

	TWIST
		It was the dance that changed a generation.
		Coming along right when rock and roll needed a new jolt, the twist fast became an international phenomenon, and signaled the end of America's WASP reserve.
		Ron Mann's Twist captures the whole mad whirl of the era: from the time when moving hips marked you as a social degenerate, to the time when shaking your "thing" became the dance-form that rocked the world.
	www.filmstransit.com /twist.html (141 words)

	HYP RECORDS/Odd Pop: Twist
		The thrill of the late 1950s and the phenomenon of the early 1960s --the dance anyone can do-- was the twist.
		Nearly the hula-hoop movement without the hoop, the twist paved the way for the frug, watusi, monkey, pony, swim, snake, hully gully, etc., and even the limbo, mento, ska, and a new dance called the "regay" in some liners.
		Yes, these were the last days of teenagers and the older dancing generation sharing phonograph and stage.
	www.hipwax.com /music/oddpop/twist.html (1260 words)

	BreakDance - Click2Dance
		Breakdancing is amoung the most dangerous and physically challenging forms of modern dance.
		Whether you are trying to learn how to do a Windmill, Air Flare, Flash Kick, Uprock, or Floor Pose, Click2Dance takes you into the mind of dancer and shows you close up how to build from the basics of the move to the full powered, all out, rage.
		The dance instructors speak to you, this is not just a motion picture tutorial, and the videos are subtitled in Japanese, Spanish, and French.
	www.click2dance.com /Breakdance.htm (270 words)

	Community: Library
		Many adults condemned The Twist and its ilk as "jungle dancing," and it is undeniable that much of the controversy was racial in origin.
		The Twist gave birth to the discotheque, nightclubs where dancing was the primary focus.
		The Twist became more than a dance; it was the focal point of a new lifestyle, much as disco was in the '70s.
	pages.ebay.com /community/library/catindex-collectibles-twst.html (768 words)

	Amazon.com: Twist: DVD: DeeDee Sharp,Hank Ballard,Elvis Presley,Gladys Horton,Joey Dee,Little Richard,Mama Lu ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		"Twist" songwriter Hank Ballard's version of the dance was considered too risqué for TV, but when Chubby Checker "made it nice" on American Bandstand, the move swept the nation, leading to other steps like "The Monkey," "The Potato," and eventually the do-your-own-thing of today.
		"Twist" is a documentary about the dance craze of the sixties which also includes the dances that led up to the "twist" and those that followed.
		All the people most instrumental in creating the dance craze who were alive at the time of filming are interviewed, many of them demonstrating their own twist (pun intended) on the dance.
	www.amazon.com /Twist-DeeDee-Sharp/dp/B000067IY8 (1642 words)

	Twist history
		The Twist was written by a bandleader in Georgia.
		He and his boys made up some twisting movements for the boys to do while playing music.
		Then in 1960, Chubby Checkers made his twist record and made the Twist famous.
	www.centralhome.com /ballroomcountry/twist.htm (84 words)

	A twist of history glides through Ball State's annual Festival of Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		From start to finish, a twist of history will be present when the Ball State Dance Theatre company takes the stage to present Festival of Dance 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
		"Some people may assume we are doing dance history when we say our show has a twist of history," she said.
		It is a prehistoric take on predators and their prey that, according to Young, will leave the audience breathless.
	www.bsu.edu /update/article/0,1384,38104-5107-42595,00.html (363 words)

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	Birmingham Museum of Art : Dance with a Twist
		Dance with a Twist is a new after-hours event taking place at the Birmingham Museum of Art once a month for three Fridays this winter.
		The evening will feature dance lessons, music, food and a cash bar.
		Learn Cajun, Latin and Disco dances in a casual setting.
	www.artsbma.org /dwt/dwt_index.html (119 words)

	Dance School ~ with a twist - Go BIG Network
		Shake That 6 ~ Hiphop Center is a new business located in Middletown, New York, specializing in dance and singing.
		Terrence Alyz'e Smythe (CEO ~ Manager) is a hiphop/break dance instructor with over 10 years of experience in the hiphop industry.
		Bill Is a successful businessman who runs the Red Disc, a form of yellow pages on a compact disc (CD) in Upstate New York.
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	DanceWeb UK: Find Dance Class, Dance Event, Dance Lesson and Dance News
		Bollywood dance is a term used to describe many types of dance including b...
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	www.danceweb.co.uk (1252 words)

	Online Dance Instruction, Lindy Hop, Hip Hop, Salsa, Dance Moves, Video Clips :: iDance.net
		Her clip titles are: Stallnation, stalls, tuting, eu eu, dance hall combo, floor dive, and gliding.
		Each instructional dance video clip of Daniel Newsome and Tiffiny Wines is one move.
		We also filmed 8 more instructional dance clips with Andrew Sutton (who is already a great iDance instructor.) You can expect to be able to learn from these teachers by the middle of September.
	www.idance.net (1292 words)

	Cowgirl’s Twist - Dance Script brought to you by Play to Win
		Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
		TWIST - DOWN, DOWN, UP, UP 25 - 26 Swivel both heels to left side, Swivel both heels to right side
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	www.blazingboots.com /dances/cowgirlstwist.htm (334 words)

	Learn Breakdance with Click2Dance Videos
		We have brought together a team of dancers and instructors to help you learn breakdance in a simple and concise forum.
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