Sentence examples for twist dance from inspiring English sources

Chess, searching for a hit, had Mr. Diddley make albums to capitalize on the twist dance craze, as Chubby Checker had done, and on the surf music of the Beach Boys.

The nickname comes from both the twisting involved with the yield curve of US debt and the twist dance craze, from the classic Chubby Checker song of the time.

Margarita, a beautiful, vivacious, unapologetically self-involved woman -- with a disappointingly pre-lesbian tomboy for a daughter -- has entered a Twist dance contest.

Rock and roll had not disappeared at the end of the 1950s and some of its energy can be seen in the Twist dance craze of the early 60s, mainly benefiting the career of Chubby Checker.

Watch Faa Mai swing, twist, dance and twirl with her new favorite toy -- you can almost hear giggles emanating from the gigantic grin on her face as she plays, safe and without a care in the world.

It was a twisting dance of rolling shoulders, limbs swiveling inward, subtle ripples, drops and recoveries.

Knowles had originally nicknamed the species "hokey pokey" because of the male's curious twisting dance.

Though the computer-generated voices lack emotion, the figures' flashing eyes, pregnant pauses and twisting dance movements convey a remarkable depth of feeling.

In recent years, South African producers have been twisting dance music into imaginative new shapes, with the emergence of idiosyncratic, localised electronic styles such as Durban gqom and Shangaan electro.

Accordingly, popular rock-and-roll dances (such as the twist), disco dances (such as the hustle), and break dancing were all in turn publicized, dramatized, and commoditized within the ballroom dance context.

Pinocchio can move, twist and dance to whatever tune is being played.