In my memory, slow dancing in the sixties was always partner dancing. Some schools had rules about how close together boys and girls could dance. The usual minimum was six inches apart (hmmm.) At some school dances, chaperones actually had rulers and would measure the distance between suspiciously close-together couples.

The faster dances were done without touching--they required lots of arm movements and finger-snapping. Often there was a Top Forty song that would introduce the dance, exhorting you to "Do the.." Swim, Jerk, Philly, Philly Dog, Duck, Monkey, et al. These were most often sung by Black performers. One white British group, Freddy and the Dreamers, tried their luck with "Do the Freddy." It was Gawd-awful.

Miriam