Earlier in this century, it was the custom for professional dancers to give demonstrations of the latest dance fads.
Ground zero for the dance fad was New York City, in a small midtown dive bar called The Peppermint Lounge.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, new dance fads appeared almost every week.
As the pop music market exploded in the late 1950s, successive dance fads were commercialized and exploited.
At these events, where the dance fad of voguing began, drag did not merely mean men passing as women: contestants competed in categories like military and schoolboy.
While many of her peers enjoyed the dance fads of the day like the Charleston, Mrs. Rosenberger favored ballroom dancing.
Some prove lastingly popular, but many go the way of the latest dance fad.
Kaoma's timing is off in this country, since dance fads most often thrive in summertime heat.
Their biggest hit was "Black Bottom" recorded in 1926, which led to a dance fad; see Black Bottom (dance).
"But the bandaloop is more than just another dance fad," the announcer said.