R & B dance

Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B, R'n'B or RnB) was created by African Americans in the late 40’s early 50’s for their records to include jazz, rock and urban music. In the late 50’s and 60’s the R & B music contributed to the rock and roll development. From the 70’s until the present, rhythm and blues is a blanket term giving to soul, funk, urban and some forms of rap and/or hip hop. Some of the dances from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s include the following.

Swing out from the 50’s until the present.

50’s - Jitterbug, the twist, the bossanova, the mash potatoes, The Stroll, Ballroom dancing, Fox Trot, waltz, tango, cha cha

60’s - the Skate, the bugaloo, the watusi, the jerk, the swim

70’s – Disco, Robot, The Bump, The Hustle 

80’s - The worm, the moonwalk, the running man, the cabbage patch, the Prep, The Popcorn, The Wop, The Snake, The Skate, The Hand Dance, the walk, the bird, neck work (Star Studded Strutters – “neckwork”), the pee wee herman, the Roger Rabbit, the smurf (the smerph - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, Smurf that body across the floor….Spyder D – “Smerphies Dance”)

90’s - The Tootsie Roll, The Train, The Cabbage patch, The worm, Vouge Dancing, The Carlton, Bump and Grind, Crip walking, the bank head bounce, the dip, the butterfly, Macarena, vogue, bus stop, The Electric Slide