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Streetswings Dance History Archives: Hop Dance
The Egg Dance Photo, circa 1910s
The Hop Dance

   The first known Hop dance was the 'Egg-dance or Hop-egg' dance, as it was also called. It was a dance generally performed by women, who, in much the same manner as of a version of the Scottish sword-dance, who performed their figures with eggs placed Around the floor. This practice has also been described by the writer 'Chaucer' (1340-1400) in his 'Canterberry Tales'(1387,) who says " the performers are called hoppesteres." Also the eminent antiquarian named Strutt, in his "Sports and Pastimes," written about 1790, mentions that the so-called slang phrase, "Going to the hop tonight?" (which appeared to have been old even in his time) evidently came from this get together dance!

   Later, the Hop was a term used for many different styles of dance as well as a term for a get together with dance. These "Get Togethers" were very popular in the early 1900's and

were called "Hops" by the College kids. The Hop (get togethers/ dances) which again resurfaced in the 1950's were called Record Hops and or Sock Hops.

   Many dances were last named "Hops" with a hope they would become popular with the college kids. Some of the dances actually had hopping movements. Some were named like the Lindbergh hop aka Lindy Hop (5/21/1927), after Charles Linbergh's (1902-1974.) The Al Smith Hop as a campaign trick to try to make his campaign seem more popular, thinking of the popularity of Lindbergh having so much stuff named after him, this tactic would appear (or illusion) that Smith was more popular than he was. Plus others trying to do the same thing or Chroeographers trying to cash in on the Lindy Hops popularity during that time period.

Birth Place

Creation Date

Creator

Dance Type

n/a 1300's n/a Varies
 

Posters, Lobby Cards etc.

Sheet Music Covers

Music Titles

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At The Hop

            Bunny Hop
           

1959 - Car Hop (Ernie Daro) cha

           

1959 - Cave Man Hop (Caulston)

 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Locations

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Films / Movies

Television

Ballets / Stage

Rock, Rock, Rock 1963 - Music Hop n/a
             
             
           

Publications

            3/22/1884 - Harper's Weekly
                 

Related Dances of the time...

Al Smith Hop

East Coast Swing

Jitterbug St. Louis Hop Fashions of the 1950s Book

Boogie Woogie

Egg Hop Dance

Jive

Swing

Bull Frog Hop

Eardhart Hop

Kangaroo Hop

Swing Hop

Bunny Hop

Flea Hop

Lindbergh Hop

The Hop a Do

Buzzard Hop

Hip-Hop

Lindy Hop

Waltz Hop

Byrd Hop

Hot Rod Hop

Pachuko Hop

West Coast Swing

Collegiate   Shag  
       
       

$ 1950s Fashions

Dancers, Choreographers etc.

Political

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Al Smith

   

Amelia Eardhart

   

Commander Richard Byrd

   

Charles Lindbergh

Books, Magazine Articles on the dance...

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Author

Date Published

Publisher

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Musicians

Bands

Singers

Poets / Writers

n/a n/a n/a Geoffrey Chaucer
             
               

Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches

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