To the casual observer a dance hall is an upstairs place in a side street where the patrons stroll aimlessly about a railed-in hardwood floor, waiting for unknown partners to appear. For 10¢ they may ...

There’s an old joke that the Puritans wanted to ban sex because they feared it might lead to dancing. The Puritans, God bless them, didn’t have much luck outlawing sex, but dancing was long a problem ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) – Over 100 years ago, Denver ...

Whether you're two steppin' or boot scootin' dance halls hold a big place in Texas' rich history. There are more dance halls here in the Lone Star State than anywhere else, but it's a tradition that's ...

Entrance to Albert Dance Hall. (Image courtesy of Albert Dance Hall.) There’s history all over the world, but the history in Texas is unique, and, luckily for people everywhere, some of it is still ...

From the moment I stepped into Salon Los Angeles, a cavernous pink auditorium decked out in shimmering streamers and neon Art Deco signage, thrumming with a crowd that could really move, I knew I had ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Salon Los Angeles had been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling to mambo, cha-cha-cha, salsa and danzon. Everyone from slum-dwellers to movie stars and ...

As she watched couples in cowboy boots whirl across the dance hall her ancestors built in 1879 — the place where she played as a child, met her husband, married off her son and taught her ...

One of Central Illinois' hottest dance halls in the wide-open Roaring Twenties was O'Neil's, located on a former dairy pasture just beyond Bloomington's western edge. In July 1922, area residents ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Salon Los Angeles had ...