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May have sprung up from the earlier Todalo dance
(Toddle-O) which was a booty shakin' dance, similar to the 'Chicago'
version. It has a smack of Jazz and a splash of the shimmie. The
Toddle came into popularity in 1917 and was extremely popular by
the College and Flapper
Set and found it easier to be springier and bouncy rather
than smooth and graceful during a foxtrot. Later about 1921 the
Toddle became briefly popular again after a little polishing. The
Toddle could be done by some as refined as the minuet or as crude
as the Bunny Hug.
This dance was basically a Foxtrot
except with a rise to the ball of the foot on each step creating
a bounce (except in Corte's and Doubles), with a sideways
direction which was the only change from its original foxtrot steps
and done with a non chalant air about it's movement , while sometimes
done Cheek-To-Cheek to make it the "Toddle Dance." |
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dance was an offshoot of the Foxtrot with a leg flick and some of
the steps/pattern names were the rocking step, the Shuffle, The
Leg Lift, The Toddle Pivot and Backward Shuffle.
The
Chicago was very
similar to the Toddle, except that the toddle's basic rhythm was
in the hips, rather than the feet, making it the Chicago.
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1910 |
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Collegiate |
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Sheet Music Covers |
Related Music Titles |
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1910 - I'm Satisfied
(Todalo) |
1910 - I'm Satisfied
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1914 - Let's Toddle at the Midnight Ball |
1914 - Let's Toddle at the Midnight Ball |
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1921 - The Toddle |
1921 - The Toddle |
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1922 - Chicago
(That Toddlin' Town) 2 |
1922 - Chicago (That Toddlin Town) |
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1930 - Toddlin' Along |
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1930 - East St. Louis Toodle-oo (Duke) |
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1959 - The Toddle |
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Don't You Toddle Anymore |
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Mississippi Blues (Home Town Toddle) |
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Please Put on your Wraps & Toddle Home (Waring) |
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$ Sales Tax Toddle |
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Tail Toddle (Scots Celtic Tune) |
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Toadie Toodle (1938-Kirk) |
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Toodle On Down (Louis Jordon) |
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Toddling the Todalo | |
Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Locations |
Persian Room |
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Rainbow Gardens (Chicago) |
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Film |
Television |
Ballets / Stage |
$1950 - Cheaper by the Dozen [DVD] |
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1930 - Nine - Fifteen Revue |
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Toddles |
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7/3/1921 - Atlanta Constitution (Magazine Issue) How to Toddle |
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Daily Illini (1920s) |
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Dancers, Choreographers etc. |
Political |
Clifton Webb & Jeanne Crain |
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Dorothy Day |
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Musicians, Composers etc. |
Singers |
Poets / Writers |
Benson Orchestra of Chicago |
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Bert Grant
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Duke Ellington |
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Kern, Jerome |
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Kirk, Andy |
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McRill, Chandos (1959) |
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Waring, Fred |
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Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches |
Collegiate |
The Stroll |
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Flappers |
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Other... |
Basic Steps
Fig.1.
Take one walking step with the right foot, draw up the left one
to the right, rise gently on the toes, and come down on heels.
Take the next walking step with the right foot, draw up left foot,
rise on toes, down on heels. Take third walking step with right
foot, draw up left, rise on toes and down on heels. All walking
steps in the same direction.
Fig. 2.
Take one walking step with the left foot, draw up right, rise
on toes, down on heels. Second walking step with left foot, draw
up right foot, rise on toes and down on heels. Third walking step
with left foot, draw up right, rise on toes, down on heels.
Figs. 3-4.
Reverse walk.
Figs. 4-5.
Man leading to left and dancing Fox Trot step 1, 2, 3, to the
side. Repeating the same to the right.
Figs. 5-6.
Repeat the Toddle walking steps as given above, counting two for
each step. In toddling any step of the Fox Trot may be toddled
if the time of two counts to each step is allowed, altho' the
"Old Corte" and doubles are rarely toddled. | |