Popular dances

The twist started when Hank Ballard recorded the song of this name in 1959. It became popular when Chubby Checker performed his cover version on US television on 22 October 1961.a woman called Ra Denny holds the twist record. She twisted for 100 hours at Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 1962. The waltz began in Austria in the late 18th century. Its name comes from a German word meaning to revolve. Many people were shocked by the dance because it involved men and women dancing close to each other. American choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895 -1976) staged the most spectacular dance films ever made. He used his knowledge of organizing military parades during World War 1 to create dance numbers with casts of hundreds.