Social dances through time  (Page 3/5)

• Trends

• “Op Art” and “Pop Art”
• Hippies

• Dances

• “funky chicken”, “grinder”, twist

The 70’s

History

• Idi Amin becomes President of Uganda.
• Swiss women allowed to vote for the first time.
• The Vietnam war rages on and eventually ends.
• Bobby Fischer becomes the first American world chess champion.
• The Olympics are held in Munich.
• President Nixon of the United States resigns after the Watergate scandal.
• Civil war breaks out in Beirut between Muslim and Christian militias, and in Angola between rival “liberation” fighters.
• Elvis dies.
• South African political activist, Steve Biko, is found dying in his police cell after five days of interrogation.
• The first test tube baby is born.
• Bishop Abel Muzorewa becomes the first black Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

Entertainment

• Movie Stars of the 70’s

• John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Jane Fonda, Liza Minnelli, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Robert de Niro, Barbara Streisand, Faye Dunaway, Sylvester Stallone, Jodie Foster, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Sally Field, Cher, Meryl Streep.

• Movies of the 70’s

• Airport, MASH, Fiddler on the Roof, The French Connection, The Godfather ll, Cabaret, American Graffiti, The Exorcist, The Sting, Paper Moon, Chinatown, The Towering Inferno, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Jaws, Rocky, Annie Hall, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, The Deer Hunter, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now.

• Pop Stars of the 70’s

• Bee Gee’s, The Jacksons, Earth Wind and Fire, Abba, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, T-Rex, Gary Glitter, Rod Stewart, Suzi Quatro, Elton John, Slade, Bay City Rollers, The Osmonds, David Essex, David Cassidy, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Queen, Beach Boys.

• Hits of the 70’s

• Never can say Goodbye, Saturday Night Fever, YMCA, Waterloo, Ballroom Blitz, Yesterday, Bohemian Rhapsody, Surfin’ Safari, Crocodile Rock, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree, Yesterday, Daniel.

• Fashion

• Bellbottoms, “punk”, crochet tops and coats, long hair for men, long skirts for women, patterns, white suits for men, jump suits, platforms.

• Trends

• Disco
• Glam Rock
• Punk
• Pop

• Dances

• Disco

Exercise 2: class discussion

• After the presentations have been delivered, have a class discussion with the learners about the differences and similarities of these periods.
• Discuss the influences of history and world events on the style of social dance in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.
• Discuss the influence of music on the dance styles.
• Discuss the different factors that influence and affect dance in our culture.
• Have them think about today’s style of social dance and ask them if they can predict how dance will evolve in the future.

Assessment