What Will It Be

What Will It Be Ice Breakers Button Museum
Category
Ice Breakers
Additional Images
What Will It Be button back Ice Breakers Button Museum
Text on Button What will it be - jazz or shimmy?
Image Description

Black text on a white background with an outer red edge
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1920s
Additional Information

The jazz and shimmy (sometimes seen as ‘shimmie’) were popular dances in the 1910s and 1920s. Jazz refers to a style of music as well as a number of specific dances including the Charleston and the Black Bottom. The shimmy was a specific dance that involved small steps, a close embrace, and a “wiggling” of the upper body.
Sources

McFarland, M. (n.d.). What is the History of Jazz Dance? Retrieved June 26, 2018, from https://dance.lovetoknow.com/History_of_Jazz_Dance

(2014, November 13). Retrieved June 27, 2018, from https://youtu.be/kGEksQvMeY
Catalog ID IB0582