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TOP 10 DISCO SONGS

• Bad Luck
• I Love Music
• Le Freak
• You Should Be Dancing
• Hot Stuff
• Brazil
• Don't Leave Me This Way
• YMCA
• Disco Inferno
• You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

CLUBS

• The heyday of Disco fashion blossomed from the music played at gay underground New York clubs such as The Loft, Tenth Floor, and 12 West in the early 1970s.
• Other clubs such as Infinity, Flamingo, The Paradise Garage, Le Jardin, and The Saint launched a disco culture that brought with it an anything-goes attitude and all-night dancing.

Studio 54 played an essential role creating the nightclub scene that is still with us today-- a place where people dress to be noticed and in the latest fashion.

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

• The successful movie, Saturday Night Fever (1977), ensured that Disco hung around for a few years before becoming very unfashionable when Punk Rock and New Wave became the new anti-fashion fashion.

Disco dances that appeared in the 1970s continued until 1983, when they are declared dead.

DISCO DANCING

• Individual styles are choreographed to match the different disco sounds and vocals.
• The hustle is a partner dance that uses elaborate hand movements and funky twists and turns, influenced by swing dancing of the 1930s and 40s.
• Other dances also influence the style of disco dancing such as the Latin dance moves of Mambo and Salsa.
• Dancing in a line is further popularized in Florida and then New York City, during the early 1970s.

What was the name of the movie that ensured Disco hung around for a few years?

Saturday Night Fever

What is the Name of the popular nightclub in New York City?

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What is the partner dance that uses elaborate hand movements?

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "Disco: A Complete History." V Is for Vintage. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.
• Fontenot, Robert. "The Top 10 Biggest Disco Songs." About Entertainment. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
• Kassing, Gayle. History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2007. Print.