Rave's history

A RAVE (rave party) is the term in use since the 1980s for dance parties (often all-night events) where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music, which may also be referred to as "rave music", with the accompaniment of laser light shows, projected images, and artificial fog. Popular rave dance styles include breakdancing, popping and locking, shuffling, glow sticking, liquid dancing, poi and Kandi Stomping. Rave parties are often associated with the use of "club drugs" such as ecstasy, LSD and more other. There is some dispute in the dance community whether raves exist anymore, with some suggesting that the last true rave existed in 1994. Some define raves as being large dance parties of over 30,000 people characterized by mainly rave goers (ravers), consuming copious amounts of illicit drugs.