Dance crazes can be mini social revolutions designed to cause rifts in generations and, if successful, become measurements of time. So too in 1930s Ireland, where the dance crazes of the day caused division among the generations. Edwina Guckian's The Devil in the Dancehall blends theatre and dance. Now we’re married 42 years’Opens in new window ]For Guckian, the starting point for the project came from looking at Ireland’s 1935 Public Dance Hall Act. Today it’s not just dance crazes that mark time but also campaigns to repeal dance acts.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2025 09:01 UTC