The Charleston is a dance named after the city
of Charleston, South Carolina.
It was popular in the 1920's and spawned the
Lindy Hop in the 1930's.
The Charleston is danced in and 8 count solo,
or in groups, the hands are often swung forward
and back, opposite the direction of the
corresponding foot.Often fingers were held
together pointing sideways away from the body,
leaving the palms parallel to the floor.
The default is to dance the basic step.
One person will typically then call out a
variation, which is then done by everyone
beginning the next measure, and again for the
following 2 measures.
If the caller doesn't call another step, the
dancers return to the basic step.
Switching sides is sometimes called, upon which
time the dancers hop on the left foot across the
other side on counts 5-8, turning to the left.
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02/27/05
