To me, however, the most exciting thing about this era of retro is the possibility that it will teach more members of a danceless generation to dance. And dancing is a blast. It was smooth, catchy, and it had a beat different from anything I'd heard before. My father was shocked that I enjoyed it, particularly since it came from an era before his own time. But to me, it was utterly new.
Swing is the anti-grunge.
Richard Powers, a dance instructor and dance historian at Stanford University, speculates that in the latter half of this century, many kids have taken a shine to their grandparents' music. The Twist was the first of many dances that excluded contact between the sexes. At the time, the development probably wasn't surprising. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before they danced solo on the floor. Whatever the reason, dancing was never the same after couple dancing died.