HISTORY OF DISCO

STARTED OUT

• Discotheques got their start in Paris, France, during World War II
• Disco was the last mass popular music movement
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco

THE 70S

• Disco started in the 70s
• is a genre of music containing elements of funk, soul, pop, salsa.
• http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/12990141075

MUSIC ARTIST

• ABBA
• Barry white
• Beach boys
• David bowie
• Eddie money

OUTFITS

• Shinny baggy clothes
• Afros
• High top shoes
• A lot of bling-bling

SCENERY

• Light up floor
• A Disco ball
• Music blairing colorful lights
• Roller skate (sometimes)
• http://www.discjockeywars.com/Disco-Magic.html

DISCO BALL

• disco ball (also known as a mirror ball or glitter ball) .
• is a roughly spherical object that kit in many directions.
• Its surface consists of hundreds or thousands of facets.
• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=sbi:AMhZZiuXJ0QMXXbtZHwZ1bQa0w9TR5hp...

a term used to describe the nightclubs people went to during the 1960s and 70s.

BEATS

• MID 70'S OFTEN HAD A LITTLE SLOWER TEMPO, LIKE SOME 90-110 BPM
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Disco.aspx

FAMOUS CLUBS THAT STARTED IT

• gay underground New York clubs such as the Loft, Tenth Floor,and 12 West
• Other clubs such as Infinity, Flamingo, the Paradise Garage, Le Jardi
• http://visforvintage.net/2012/06/07/disco-a-complete-history/

HOW IT BECAME FAMOUS

• Gays were the first, right from the beginning
• David Manusco opened The Loft
• He started the disco scene
• https://socialdance.stanford.edu/Syllabi/disco_lifestyle.htm

ARTICLES

• The first article about disco was written in September 1973 by Vince Aletti
• First mazine that came out with a story for disco the rolling stones.
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco

Untitled Slide

• The disco sound has soaring, often reverberated vocals
• an eighth note (quaver) or 16th note (semi-quaver) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco

POPULAR DANCES MOVES

• The robot
• The hustle
• YMCA
• The bus stop
• http://lite987.com/five-iconic-dances-of-the-70s-videos/

DISCO IN THE U.S.

• By the late 1970s most major U.S. cities had thriving disco club scenes.
• Studio 54 was arguably the most well known of these nightclubs.
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco

DISCO TODAY

• Disco today is dubstep
• dubstep are a ne version of disco.
• Music have a lot more electornic beats.
• https://socialdance.stanford.edu/Syllabi/disco_lifestyle.htm