Runnin' Wild

Japanese: 《Runnin' Wild》(英語表記)RunninWild
Runnin' Wild

...A dance that was very popular in the United States in the 1920s. The strange dance to the song "Charleston," written by Cecil Mack and composed by Jimmy Johnson, in the black revue "Runnin' Wild," which was shown in New York in 1923, became popular, and the dance became a craze that peaked from 1925 to 1927, becoming a social phenomenon that symbolized the so-called "Rolling Twenties." The music is in 4/4 time, with the accents on the backbeats of the first and second beats and the fourth beat to emphasize syncopation, and the dance is characterized by alternating kicks of the left and right legs outwards while keeping the knees together and swinging both arms widely. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Runnin' Wild" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1920年代にアメリカで大流行したダンス。1923年にニョーヨークで公開された黒人レビュー《ラニン・ワイルドRunnin’ Wild》の中の,セシル・マックが作詞,ジミー・ジョンソンが作曲した《チャールストン》という曲での奇妙な踊りが評判になり,その踊りが25年から27年までをピークとしてブームを巻き起こし,いわゆる〈ローリング・トゥエンティーズ〉を象徴する社会風俗現象となった。音楽は4拍子で,第1拍,第2拍の裏,第4拍にアクセントをつけてシンコペーションを強調したもので,踊りはひざを閉じたまま左右の脚を交互に外側にはね上げ,両腕を大きく振るのが特徴。…

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