Tha, dgnee is almost dead in New York, but that is because New York never took up the flat Charleston. The side-kicks and non-progressive movements of the original Charleston make it an impossible dance for the latter-day crowded ballrooms. People get kicked and impeded, and complain, Consequently the original ban on it has never been tifted in Now York dance places. On the other hand, the ban has disappeared in England. It was imposed in some danes restaurants and hells when he dance first became popular, not because the Charleston was thought immodest, but because it was a nuisance, The introduction of the flat Charleston killed the ban by wiping out at a stroke all kicks apd non-progressive _move-'Now, one Charlestons with' short little staccato steps, keeping the rhythm, which is all that matters in the dance—the steps are relatively unimportant. The end of the craze is not in sight. The fact that so many young people dance it solo, do a few stops in the street, in hotel lounges, while dressing, promises it a considerable life.
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