U10-Dance-A3-Blog Connecting Dance & Photography

The 1938 photo is of people in a place dancing the Jitterbug. It appears to perhaps be a competition or performance of this dance since many people are present and watching the dancers as they perform. There is a girl who is trying to entice her friend or sister to join in the dance by trying to create a performance from what the picture shows. In addition, there is a man and woman who are dancing or performing the dance while many people are watching and taking pictures as well as responding to their performance. All the men are wearing suits to look nice and the girls are either wearing long dresses or long skirts with a blouse. It was the norm for women and men to dress this way when they danced or socialized during this time period. People were expected to dress and act very modest back then or they would have society blackball them or label them as undesirable. The crowd is so big because there was not that many events that people could participate in together so most everyone would come to these types of events. It was a great source of entertainment for the youth when these social events took place in their community.