What was the Jazz Age in America? Also known as the Roaring Twenties, this was the time when American methods began to modernize. Before the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began, the culture was booming in America. Dance is evolving rapidly and new dance styles are being created. Women began to wear shorter clothes, cut their hair and some even got jobs, while the Flapper Girls gave other young women a prospect of freedom. People started going to see movies and movie stars became famous all over the world. During the Jazz Age, American culture was evolving and Americans were becoming increasingly wealthy. Dancing skyrocketed during the 1920s. Many dance styles created before this time did not become popular until the 1920s. For example, the Charleston did not sweep the world until after the moves appeared in “Running Wild,” a Broadway show. The Charleston dance was a fast dance that accompanied the song “The Charleston” by James P. Johnson. Many dance clubs banned the Charleston because the dance was not suitable for young people. New dance styles were also created, for example the Foxtrot. The Foxtrot was one of the favorite dances of the time. The Foxtrot is a partner dance and many disapproved of how close the partners were when dancing, often cheek to cheek. Dance halls were becoming more and more popular, on average most people went there at least once a week. According to the American magazine Mercury, twenty-five percent of young people in San Francisco regularly attended their local theaters. Admission ranged from fifty cents to a dollar and a half (McCutcheon 217). Many times, women supervised the dance in such a way that the proper rules of the dance were neglected. The rules of proper dancing were that the p...... middle of paper...... No limits. Np, and Web. December 15, 2013. • “Dance in the Jazz Age.” » Dance in the Jazz Age. Np, and Web. December 22, 2013. .• Frank, Rusty E. . "Tap Dancing's first star on the big screen." Faucet! New York: Da Capo, 1994. 30-32. Print.• “The History of Charleston Dance of the 1920s.” Downstream Charleston Challenge. NP, 2012. Web. December 23, 2013. • “The Jazz Age”. History learning site. NP, 2013. Web. December 14, 2013. .• McCutcheon, Marc. “Clothes and fashions”. The writer's guide to daily life from Prohibition to World War II. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest, 1995. 161-67. Print.