DNCE 1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Paradise Garage, Disco Demolition Night, Black Pride

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3 Oct 2018
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In ux of gay men in the social dance scene. Mayor john lindsay repealed new york citys laws governing the admission of gay men to cabarets, dance halls, and restaurants. "abandoning the ego and giving oneself up to the unifying rhythms and a ective sensations of the dance oor" Dancing crowd as a "uni ed and powerful organism" Ritualized activities centered around music dance and worship, no set boundaries between secular and sacred domain. Created a mood of group ecstasy and catharsis on the dance oor. Ideals of gay, feminist, and civil rights movements expressed on the dance oor. Saturday night fever (1977)- directed by john badham, starring john travolta. The story of a straight man in search of a female partner. "individual within the crowd" dynamic and "synergistic line of communication" were lost in the new codi ed and partnered dance forms. Disco demolition night: 1979 "disco demolition rally" comiskey park, chicago.

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