Pessimists Archive Podcast: The Waltz on Apple Podcasts
Apr 22, 2019· Grinding, freak dancing, swing dancing, rocknroll each had their opponents. But at the beginning of it all was the waltz. We may think of the waltz as classy and performative today, but as it gained popularity in the early 1800s, the dance was called disgusting, dangerous, an "obscene display . confined to prostitutes and adulteresses ...