Novelty dances

You can see novelty dances in the following movies:

Grease. This has a good stroll scene. Buy the soundtrack from Amazon, Buy the movie from Amazon
Hairspray. A large number of novelty dances, and a great version of the Madison. Buy the soundtrack from Amazon, Buy the movie from Amazon
Blues Brothers. Several novelty dances while Ray Charles sings Shake your toilfeather. Buy the soundtrack from Amazon, Buy the movie from Amazon

To learn novelty dances, there is the fabulous book Discotheque Danes by Dick Blake. It is long out of print. You can see some of the instructions here

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