During the 1910's and 20's, adolescents would dance in a way that was considered to be wild in the eyes of their parents. In order to push the criticism even more, young adults would create dances to reenact animalistic behavior, such as the Turkey Trot or Fox Trot. In the celebration of the era, our 8th grade students created animal dances that also had to portray animals. Couples (and one group of three) performed their dance in order to have their classmates guess the animal they were mimicking. Seen here is our Ragtime Dance Party with all the 8th grade students performing their animal dances.
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