ABSTRACT
During the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll music marked the general demise of close couple dancing among young people. Solo and group movements predominated in theater, and have continued to hold the preference of dancers except in formal social events. The twist and the shake were variant forms, popular in the early 1960s. With the rise of rock music, dance music was largely replaced by disco. From time to time a Latin dance has shared the stage, such as the bossa nova of the early 1960s. Ballroom dancing has remained interesting to older persons, who may return to surviving ballrooms for nostalgic fox-trots and waltzes.
