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Dance hall
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This article is about a place for dancing. For other uses, see
Dance hall (disambiguation).
Dance hall in its general meaning is a
hall for dancing. From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the
discothèque or
nightclub. The majority of towns and cities in the
West had at least one dance hall, and almost always featured live musicians playing a range of music from strict tempo
ballroom dance music to
big band,
swing and
jazz. One of the most famous dance hall musicians was
Glenn Miller.
Other structural forms of dance halls include the dance pavilion which has a roof but no walls, and the open-air platform which has no roof or walls. The open air nature of the dance pavilion was both a feature and a drawback. The
taxi dance hall is a dance hall with a specific arrangement, wherein the patrons hire hall employees to dance with them.
Starting in the early 1930s,
The early days of
rock n' roll were briefly played out in dance halls until they were superseded by nightclubs.
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