Twist (1992)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Cholly Atkins	...	Himself
	Frankie Avalon	...	Himself
	Hank Ballard	...	Himself
	Gary U.S. Bonds	...	Himself
	Chubby Checker	...	Himself
	Joey Dee	...	Himself
	Fats Domino	...	Himself
	Joe Fusco	...	Himself
	Buddy Holly	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Gladys Horton	...	Herself
	Susan Horton	...	Dancer
	Little Richard	...	Himself
	Mama Lu Parks	...	Herself
	Elvis Presley	...	Himself (archive footage)
	DeeDee Sharp	...	Herself

Storyline

Dance in white Middle America up to the early 1950's was traditional ballroom, where dance moves were standardized. It was more a technical exercise than an emotional one. White youth of the period began to look toward the black community and rhythm and blues music, which gave them the sense of wanting just to move in a whole new way. For white Middle American youth, this music morphed into rock and roll. Despite establishment deeming rock and roll to be Satanic and/or Communist, it took off amongst the younger generation. The combination of rock and roll and dance was presented to American youth through New American Bandstand 1965, which told youth what the trends of the day were. However, much of the dance shown on network television was Caucasians trying to dance like black Americans, but with no hip movement. This changed with the dance "The Twist", which also revolutionized the concept of not being reliant on what one's dance partner was doing... Written by Huggo  

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