Young girls dancing the Charleston in Harlem, 1923. Although the dance existed prior to the 1920s, it shot to popularity after appearing in the Broadway show Running Wild in 1923
dancing
Colleen Moore’s toes twinkle in 1926′s Twinkletoes
The Dolly Sisters in the revue Paris sans Voiles at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris, 1923 photo by James Abbe
shall we dance?
Betty Field flaps it up as Daisy Buchanan in 1949’s The Great Gatsby
all work and no play for Constance Bennett in 1930′s Common Clay
spin, class
pupils from the International Institute of Margaret Morris Movement practice on the beach at Sandwich on the Kent coast. August 17, 1935
too much monkey business in this Charleston threesome
White Bottoms by Sem (Georges Goursat), 1920