dance-hall
Big band spot
A dance-hall is a public venue where people pay admission to dance, typically to live or recorded music.
The term evokes earlier eras—the 1920s through 1950s—when such establishments were central to social life and popular music: The old dance-hall had seen better days.
Dance-hall also refers to a style of Jamaican popular music that emerged in the late 1970s, characterized by electronic rhythms and DJ-style vocals over prerecorded beats.
Suspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- lindy-hopPartnered swing dance
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
- jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
waltz · tango · flapper · prohibition · speakeasy · vaudeville · gramophone · phonograph
Evening entertainment venue
- discothequeNightclub for dancing
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- pavilionOpen recreational structure
auditorium · saloon · roadhouse · honky-tonk · bandstand · checkroom · cloakroom · bandshell
Collection of people meeting
- mixerCombines ingredients or people
- minglingCasual social interaction
- soireeFormal evening party
- galaFestive formal occasion
reception · function · affair · event · camaraderie · companionship · networking · community
swing
Suspended recreational seat
jitterbug · waltz · tango · flapper · prohibition · speakeasy · vaudeville · gramophone · phonograph · bandleader
nightclub
Evening entertainment venue
- discothequeNightclub for dancing
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
pavilion · auditorium · saloon · roadhouse · honky-tonk · bandstand · checkroom · cloakroom · bandshell
gathering
Collection of people meeting
gala · reception · function · affair · event · camaraderie · companionship · networking · community · assembly
dance-halllibrary
Book collection or building
reading room · study hall · funeral parlor · mortuary · mausoleum
dance-hallopera house
Venue for staged singing
concert hall · ballet theater · conservatory · private club · salon