“She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor!” Kaavia sings, while throwing her arms up and jumping around. Then she points to the floor and lays down flat, before rolling over and smiling at the ...

From Alex’s big audition scene to the “Maniac” dance and iconic chair dance scene, you’ll be tapping your toes in your seats or even clapping along.

The two labels most associated with early Chicago house will forever be Trax Records and D.J. International, but whatever Dance Mania lacked in pedigree, it made up in hustle. Over 15 years, the ...

Dance Mania Records helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music—now it's back to court the EDM crowd.

“No one was doing the type of music we were doing": An oral history of seminal Chicago label Dance Mania ...

Over more than a decade and almost 300 records, Dance Mania staked its claim as ghetto house’s Motown, holding its own as the brash, DIY counterpart to more internationally-established ...

To date, the Latin dance album that holds the record for sales remains Tito Puente's Dance Mania. Recorded in November and December of 1957 and released in early 1958, Dance Mania was the first ...

Dance Mania Records to Release Retrospective Compilation History, history, history… If there’s one thing in discovering any subject, especially any genre of electronic music, it’s to learn ...

Explore Ray Barney's basement, which is filled with old back stock from his in-demand and soon-to-be-revived dance label, Dance Mania.