Why America Stopped Dancing: The Four Critical Forces that Killed Social Ritual
Dancing, particularly among young people, has been a dying social form since at least the 1970s. But the slow death of dance in America is not the result of changing musical tastes – though those have also played a role — but a more profound indicator of cultural disintegration. In this week’s post we explore why America stopped dancing: The Four Critical Forces that Killed Social Ritual.