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Dance floor
Soviet youth has always, at all times was ... normal. She wanted to dance, listen to music and fancy dress well. Dancing in the Soviet Union - is not something that is happening now. It was a special event where fashion is constantly met, morality and politics ... The history of mass dance in the USSR in urban parks and embankments under brass bands or just a loudspeaker in the villages - the accordion, in pioneer camps - a tape recorder out, if not back centuries, then at least the 20th century accurately.
1920 Year. Dancing in the field camp.
It is believed that the open "dance floor" came to the city from rural culture: moving to the city, the villagers continued to gather "its terms" to the general holidays.
In the 30s spontaneous dance floor decided to legalize their enclosed by fences, friendly scene and away we go ....
Moscow. 1947. Dance halls in the USSR became widespread phenomenon. Every dance floor living by its own rules and order, somewhere - with mandatory fights in the end, somewhere - with all optional.
One of the phenomena of the post-war Soviet dance floors until some time were female couples. Girls danced with each other. Most likely, this was a consequence of the recent war, which wiped out a huge portion of the male population. And now try to dance with a friend, once all the bad thoughts come to mind.
Well, that during the Soviet Union did not waltz men with men, and that would think that these are our grandparents danced with each other, and we can not? Although some dancing somewhere in the "blue parties," but it did not come to us from the Soviet Union ...
On the dance floor it was really - friendship and betrayal, love and jealousy, meeting and parting word, here in full seething life ...
Dancing before made it clear that you've grown up, that you do not dance at a school party, namely, in discos, where many adults. After all, the balls began to ride with a certain age, to the Soviet dancing - too. A typical picture of pre- and post-war Moscow courtyard - young people dancing to the gramophone, kids - look.
If the dance floor is fenced - kids "hang" on the fence. This interest was dictated by the desire not to listen to music or look at one or another pair.
Dance floor - a territory adults exclusion for "small fry". So even before "kids" paint yourself makeup and somehow tried to break into a dance floor, someone is even able to ...
And if we remember Soviet films in which the dance floor dancing and played a significant role in the development of the plot. Where he met the hero and heroine Kuravlev Chourikova in the movie "Home"? Well, yes, at her on the dance floor favorite, however, Pasha Stroganov there more and more bags girlfriends kept ... - Girl, you dance? - Yes I Do! - And I'm singing ...
Well, summer dance floor in the Crimea and the Caucasus has always been at the forefront of fashion dance, but there's not lezginka danced, and a twist:
And who among us does not remember those wonderful years when the output, on Saturdays and Sundays, we all ran to the park, on the dance floor. And there, guys with guitars, drum sets, and synthesizers, hearing humored us young girls and boys. That's where we got acquainted. Fell in love, friends, suffered jealous. It was there on Saturdays and Sundays was our favorite entertainment - "dancing." Simple VIA brings to the stage plain hits of the time, which is fun for young people. Entrance fee would - in my 50 cents, or ruble, but the fence was not high ...
Before dances as the right to acquire portveshok, or "apple" for 1 ruble 17 kopecks, which gave courage invitations girls to dance and further "to drink tea - listen to music" ... Our many "groups" had "their" bench on the dance floor, where was allowed to sit only for us and our girls. Almost every holiday occasion of the traditional fight - or with neighbors, or "aliens" - that no, no, yes and wander hang on "our pyatachek"! Naturally in rain and slush dances were canceled, and sad crowd of young people were dissatisfied with their homes. Or entrances, with the same portveshkom or "apple" where the guitar derived plaintive song "about love" "
Until now, the guys stayed still the same old habits, stay near the thundering columns, and stare at the dancers. As it was considered cool if had to take a seat closer to the stage. Audibility-zero, but what significance! Still trying to talk to each other in this din. And when what some guys Cute girl musicians were invited onto the stage as envy arises from the rest! How many emotions! Most of the girls tried to meet with the musicians, and enter the number of their friends, to take a seat next to them. Play music, soloists sang "House of the Rising Sun", a ballad, "Is Pouring warm rain, snow falls there, I'm near the entrance of your house stand ..", "Shi Loves th ee-e, shea Loves th ee -e "twist" on the alley wanders the summer, the sun pours directly from the rooftops "... (here everyone can add their) ...
Declared white dance, and the girls invite their admirers. And looking at what is happening around the soul like a bird flew away somewhere in heaven. Many familiar while dancing, and when the music ended, the young people were buying for their new girlfriends ice cream or lemonade. In the shade of the trees, on benches, sat quietly loving couples. Always on duty near several policemen. Sometimes there are tipsy company, which was very nice to spoil the evening leisure. Especially if some sort of a brand new, young man, invited to dance girl, and danced all night with only her. That's when the crowd, and made drunk scuffle, which always ended unpredictably.
But still the most beautiful thing was that all young people who find themselves on the dance floor in the evening, getting to know each other. Girls literally shone like stars, and flitted across the site to the music, trying to please guys. And guys, in turn, it is important to stand aside and busily smoked, creating pretend that they are not interested in the female half. In fact, on the contrary, they tried to make out among the dancing beauties, the only ones you can dance, meet, talk and make friends.
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The relations that were tied to the territory of the dance floor, strengthened, became stronger, and gradually in the society created new Soviet family. On the dance floor, there was a special atmosphere, and most of us still remember those with nothing comparable, evening flown youth.
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Source: 20th.su
1920 Year. Dancing in the field camp.
It is believed that the open "dance floor" came to the city from rural culture: moving to the city, the villagers continued to gather "its terms" to the general holidays.
In the 30s spontaneous dance floor decided to legalize their enclosed by fences, friendly scene and away we go ....
Moscow. 1947. Dance halls in the USSR became widespread phenomenon. Every dance floor living by its own rules and order, somewhere - with mandatory fights in the end, somewhere - with all optional.
One of the phenomena of the post-war Soviet dance floors until some time were female couples. Girls danced with each other. Most likely, this was a consequence of the recent war, which wiped out a huge portion of the male population. And now try to dance with a friend, once all the bad thoughts come to mind.
Well, that during the Soviet Union did not waltz men with men, and that would think that these are our grandparents danced with each other, and we can not? Although some dancing somewhere in the "blue parties," but it did not come to us from the Soviet Union ...
On the dance floor it was really - friendship and betrayal, love and jealousy, meeting and parting word, here in full seething life ...
Dancing before made it clear that you've grown up, that you do not dance at a school party, namely, in discos, where many adults. After all, the balls began to ride with a certain age, to the Soviet dancing - too. A typical picture of pre- and post-war Moscow courtyard - young people dancing to the gramophone, kids - look.
If the dance floor is fenced - kids "hang" on the fence. This interest was dictated by the desire not to listen to music or look at one or another pair.
Dance floor - a territory adults exclusion for "small fry". So even before "kids" paint yourself makeup and somehow tried to break into a dance floor, someone is even able to ...
And if we remember Soviet films in which the dance floor dancing and played a significant role in the development of the plot. Where he met the hero and heroine Kuravlev Chourikova in the movie "Home"? Well, yes, at her on the dance floor favorite, however, Pasha Stroganov there more and more bags girlfriends kept ... - Girl, you dance? - Yes I Do! - And I'm singing ...
Well, summer dance floor in the Crimea and the Caucasus has always been at the forefront of fashion dance, but there's not lezginka danced, and a twist:
And who among us does not remember those wonderful years when the output, on Saturdays and Sundays, we all ran to the park, on the dance floor. And there, guys with guitars, drum sets, and synthesizers, hearing humored us young girls and boys. That's where we got acquainted. Fell in love, friends, suffered jealous. It was there on Saturdays and Sundays was our favorite entertainment - "dancing." Simple VIA brings to the stage plain hits of the time, which is fun for young people. Entrance fee would - in my 50 cents, or ruble, but the fence was not high ...
Before dances as the right to acquire portveshok, or "apple" for 1 ruble 17 kopecks, which gave courage invitations girls to dance and further "to drink tea - listen to music" ... Our many "groups" had "their" bench on the dance floor, where was allowed to sit only for us and our girls. Almost every holiday occasion of the traditional fight - or with neighbors, or "aliens" - that no, no, yes and wander hang on "our pyatachek"! Naturally in rain and slush dances were canceled, and sad crowd of young people were dissatisfied with their homes. Or entrances, with the same portveshkom or "apple" where the guitar derived plaintive song "about love" "
Until now, the guys stayed still the same old habits, stay near the thundering columns, and stare at the dancers. As it was considered cool if had to take a seat closer to the stage. Audibility-zero, but what significance! Still trying to talk to each other in this din. And when what some guys Cute girl musicians were invited onto the stage as envy arises from the rest! How many emotions! Most of the girls tried to meet with the musicians, and enter the number of their friends, to take a seat next to them. Play music, soloists sang "House of the Rising Sun", a ballad, "Is Pouring warm rain, snow falls there, I'm near the entrance of your house stand ..", "Shi Loves th ee-e, shea Loves th ee -e "twist" on the alley wanders the summer, the sun pours directly from the rooftops "... (here everyone can add their) ...
Declared white dance, and the girls invite their admirers. And looking at what is happening around the soul like a bird flew away somewhere in heaven. Many familiar while dancing, and when the music ended, the young people were buying for their new girlfriends ice cream or lemonade. In the shade of the trees, on benches, sat quietly loving couples. Always on duty near several policemen. Sometimes there are tipsy company, which was very nice to spoil the evening leisure. Especially if some sort of a brand new, young man, invited to dance girl, and danced all night with only her. That's when the crowd, and made drunk scuffle, which always ended unpredictably.
But still the most beautiful thing was that all young people who find themselves on the dance floor in the evening, getting to know each other. Girls literally shone like stars, and flitted across the site to the music, trying to please guys. And guys, in turn, it is important to stand aside and busily smoked, creating pretend that they are not interested in the female half. In fact, on the contrary, they tried to make out among the dancing beauties, the only ones you can dance, meet, talk and make friends.
--img18--
The relations that were tied to the territory of the dance floor, strengthened, became stronger, and gradually in the society created new Soviet family. On the dance floor, there was a special atmosphere, and most of us still remember those with nothing comparable, evening flown youth.
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Source: 20th.su
