Esther and Ben Dance Academy

Ragtime Era Dances

This illustrated lecture discusses and demonstrates the dances popular between 1880 and 1918. It explains how ragtime music revolutionarized dancing. Some of the following dances are included in the demonstration.

One-step
Tango
Foxtrot
Castlewalk
Hesitation Waltz
Blues
Maxixe

Esther and Ben Performing
the Tango at
Mohonk Mountain House

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Target Audience: General audience. People interested in social dancing, history, historical societies and historical sites, colleges, universities, cruise ships, etc.