slam dancing

…also were found, such as slam dancing, in which the dancers hurled their bodies against each other’s, and dances such as the pogo, in which dancers jumped in place to the music’s rhythm. Partner dancing never disappeared completely, however, and was especially prominent in the “western-swing” dancing of American country…

…contemporaries in its opposition to slam dancing (the aggressive body-jarring collisions that were the preferred dance form of fans of hardcore).