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A costumed re-enactment of a dance party in the 1920s. First developed in African-American communities in the USA, the Charleston became a popular dance craze in Europe too, but with a more upright and constrained style. Two women dance alongside each other so you can see these differences in style. No longer constrained to purely partner dancing, the Charleston enabled both men and women to express themselves with 'breakaway' steps. Women sported dropped waistlines and bobbed hair, and exuded flirtatious energy in the high kicks and arm swings of the Charleston.