Rock Dances

Rock 'n' Roll music came into being in the early 1950s. It resulted from a combination of rhythm 'n' blues music of the American black culture with the folk song styling of the southern white hill country population - a style once called hillbilly.

• 50’s - early 60’s
  o Rock and roll
  o British Rock and the Invasion 
  o Garage rock
  o Surf Rock music
• early 60’s – early 70’s
  o Folk Rock
  o Psychedelic Rock
  o Glam Rock
  o Progressive Rock
• mid - late 70’s
  o Hard rock and Heavy metal
  o Arena rock
  o Punk rock
  o New Wave
  o Post-punk
• 80’s
  o New Wave - British Heavy Metal
  o Glam metal
  o Alternative rock
• early - mid 90’s
  o Grunge
  o Britpop rock
  o Indie rock
• mid - late 90’s
  o Pop punk
  o After grunge
  o Nu (new) metal and rap rock
• early - mid 2000’s
  o Emo
  o Garage rock revival
  o Post punk revival
  o Metalcore and contemporary heavy metal
• late 2000’s o Electronic rock

Twist, duck walk, skanking, slam dancing/mosh, the jerk, mashed potato, the camel walk, swing