The way we dance and move reflects who we are and where we are in history. That’s one of the reasons why choreographer Faith Jensen-Ismay thought to bring back this weekend’s “Blast From The Past: A ...

Editor’s note: In honor of Iowa History Month, we are looking back 100 years to the 1920s with a series of guest essays curated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa ...

The 1920s are remembered as the Roaring 20s partly for the all the crazy fads that caught on during the decade, among them flagpole sitting and playing mah-jongg. None was crazier or more challenging ...

Arthur Murray dance studios taught all the modern dances, several of which were banned by the Joplin City Council in 1924. Credit | Wikipedia The Texas Tommy was said to be the first swing dance that ...

One of Central Illinois' hottest dance halls in the wide-open Roaring Twenties was O'Neil's, located on a former dairy pasture just beyond Bloomington's western edge. In July 1922, area residents ...

Local journalist and history buff Katie Thornton looked into the history of these uncomfortably-long dances and found a rather grim backstory. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: Here's a question for you.

Some New Orleans-area seniors got into the 1920s spirit with a special event this week.Wednesday was the inaugural New Orleans Recreation Development Commission's Senior Soiree at the Lyons ...