Dance Jazz Timeline
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Shows: Cats
Fame
Falshdance
That's Dancin' - 1980s
- People: Tommy Tune
- 1990s
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Dances: Street Funk
Hip Hop - 1990s
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Innovations: MTV
"Thriller"
"Beat It"
"Billie Jean" - 1980s
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Shows: Guys and Dolls
Crazy for You
Tommy
Showboat
Damn Yankees - 1990s
- Innovations: Dance Competitions
- 1990s
- Dances:Buck & Wing
- 1900
- Shows: Vaudeville
- 1900
- People: Vernon & Irene Castle
- 1910
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Dances: One-Step dances
Cakewalk
Foxtrot - 1910
- Innovations: World War I
- 1910
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People: Josephine Baker
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson - 1920s
- Dances: Charleston
- 1920s
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Shows: Shuffle Along
Runnin' Wild - 1920s
- Innovations: Dixieland Jazz
- 1920s
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People: Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Busby Berkley
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
George Balanchine - 1930s
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Dances: Jitterbug
Boogie-woogie
Lindy-hop - 1930s
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Shows: 42nd Street
Flying Down to Rio
On Your Toes - 1930s
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Innovations: Big Bands
Savoy Ballroom
The Depression
Dance Marathons - 1930s
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People: Agnes de Mille
Jerome Robbins
Gene Kelly
Jack Cole
Katherine Dunham - 1940s
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Shows: Oklahoma
On the Town
Fancy Free
Pal Joey
Anchors Away - 1940s
- Innovations: World War II
- 1940s
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People: Michael Kidd
Matt Mattox
Elvis Presley
Cyd Charisse
Debbie Revnolds - 1950s
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Dances: Rock-n-Roll
Group
Dances
The Madison
The Birdland
The Bop
Locomotion
Mashed Potato
The Chicken - 1950s
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Shows: An American in Paris
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Guys and Dolls
Singin' in the Rain
West Side Story - 1950s
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Innovations: Korean War
Pimp Walk
Rock-n-Roll music
American Bandstand - 1950s
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People: Chubby Checker
The Beatles
Luigi
Gus Giordano - 1960s
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Dances: The twist
Line Dances
The Stroll
The Hustle - 1960s
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Shows: Cabaret
Sweet Charity - 1960s
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Innovations: Motown
TV Variety Shows
Featuring
dance
discotheques
Psychedelic Era
hippies - 1960s
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People: Michael Bennet
Bob Fosse
John Travolta - 1970s
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Dances: disco dance
breakdancing - 1970s
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Shows: Grease
A Chorus Line
Cabaret (film)
Pippin
All That Jazz
Dancin'
Saturday Night Fever - 1970s
- Innovations: Aerobic Dance
- 1970s
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People: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Michael Jsckson
Joe Tremaine - 1980s
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Dances: The Moonwalk
Funk - 1980s