What is Charleston (dance)?
[[File:Baker Charleston.jpg|thumb|Josephine Baker, dancing Charleston]] The '''Charleston''' is a [[dance]], which became popular in the 1920s. It is named after the city of [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. A song called [[Charleston (song)|The Charleston]], composed in 1923 made it popular. This song was part of the Broadway musical Running Wild. In Europe, [[Josephine Baker]] made the Charleston popular, starting in 1925. Charleston is associated with [[Flappers]] who danced it in [[Speakeasy]] bars, to mock themselves about the [[Prohibition Era|prohibition of alcohol]], which was in force in the US, in the 1920s. For this reason, dancing Charleston was seen as provocative. [[Category:Dance types]]