tea dances
Daytime ballroom gatherings
Tea dances are afternoon social dances, traditionally held in the late afternoon when tea might be served.
They flourished in the early twentieth century as respectable venues where young people could meet and dance.
The term now often refers to daytime dance events in gay culture, particularly on Sunday afternoons: We're going to the tea dance after brunch.
- afternoonPost-meridian hours
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- live bandMusicians performing in person
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- socializeInteract with others
white gloves · swing · big band era · Roaring Twenties · tango · waltz · cotillion · Edwardian era · samba · rumba · foxtrot · interwar period · balls · Jazz Age · promenades · Victorian era · old fashioned · string quartet
formality and atmosphere
tea dancesraves
Enthusiastic acclaim or techno parties
mosh pits · bacchanals · wild parties · warehouse parties · discos