1920s_TheAgeofExtravagance.docx

Let’s take a closer look at the 1920s…

The 1920s evidenced a very clear connection between what was happening in American society and what showed up on the Broadway stage. The following is a simplified diagram showing the flow of events that impacted and were impacted by Broadway dance:

Social Issues (World War I, Prohibition, Women’s Rights, Technology) –> Social Dance Craze & Harlem Renaissance –> Broadway –> Social Dance Craze –> Harlem Renaissance –> Social Issues (New “American” Art Forms)