Historical Context

In the 1920's and early 1930's, dance clubs were at their highest peak. Dance clubs across the nation were sponsoring dance contests where professionals would come and invent, try, and compete with new moves. Also during this time, they had just came out with talking films so tap dance and musicals were a big deal. While all of this was going on, Ted Shawn kept modern dance alive and continued to put audiences in awe.