💃 STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! Imagine a dance so simple it could be learnt in minutes and so popular it became a craze. It was called The Stomp and it was pounded out in surf clubs and council halls around Australia's coast. The so called "weird, undignified" dance move was banned in two Australian councils, who feared it could render some buildings unsafe.! Watch and listen as teenagers express their enthusiasm for the Stomp. 🎥 ABC NEWS | I Grew Up in Mortdale 2223

Distinct from "social" dances, stomp dancing has a profound ceremonial and religious significance. Men sing, which takes the form of a prayer, while women keep the rhythm with shaker instruments such as box turtle shells and deer toes. Watch as Chickasaw dancer Julie Underwood explains what stomp dancing means to her in this episode of Thrive: Traditions. https://bit.ly/3EYDjpd | Chickasaw.tv

It was the dance that was banned in multiple council areas around Australia, for fear that it would damage floors and buildings. ‘The Stomp’ was simple in practice, little more than two stamps of each foot while shifting your weight from side to side, but it developed into a national obsession, culminating in a Stomp Dance Competition and Festival held in Lane Cove, Sydney in February 1964. The summer of 1963-64, 60 years ago, was the summer of surf music in Australia. Sixteen Australian recordi

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Check out the video for ‘Stomp’ taken from our forthcoming live CD/DVD/Blu-Ray ‘Party On The Dancefloor; Live at the SSE Arena’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_vEhyq_OBw. All formats are available to pre-order NOW - get the live audio for ‘Stomp’ and ‘Chain Reaction’ instantly when you pre-order any digital format: http://smarturl.it/Steps-POTDF | Steps