bands like Duke Ellington's and Louis Armstrong's would play at huge venues that could hold thousands of people! The famous Cotton Club in Harlem could seat over 400 guests, and while it was segregated (Black performers entertained white audiences), it helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in jazz.

Young people in the 1920s used these energetic, free-spirited dances to break away from the strict social rules of the Victorian era. Dance halls became places where men and women could mingle more freely, and shorter hemlines on flapper dresses were actually practical so they could move easily while dancing!

though, its roots go back to the late 1920s in Harlem's Savoy Ballroom – it grew out of combining the Charleston with other partner dance moves, and was even called the "Big Apple" or "Jitterbug" in some places early on.

it evolved from African American folk dances in the South and became wildly popular in the 1920s after appearing in Broadway shows like "Runnin' Wild" in 1923! Dancers would kick their feet out, swing their arms, and move their hips in energetic rhythms that perfectly matched the era's jazz music and rebellious spirit.