From urban gangs to extravagant styles of music and dance, from subcultures with their spectacular styles to counterculture, the behavior of young people throughout the twentieth century constantly challenged the status quo. Therefore, condensing fears and anxieties related to the questioning of the social order, several moral panics related to youth practices were born, among them, many associated to dance styles. The objective of this work is to reflect on the relationship between moral panic and youth through dance, more specifically, through lindy hop and carioca funk. The first part of the research presents the moral panic theory based on the works of its main authors, Stanley Cohen, Stuart Hall et al and Erich Goode & Nachman Ben-Yehuda. Then, the relationship between the notions of deviance and youth is analyzed, seeking to understand the importance of the former in the process of social construction of the latter. In this part, which has Jon Savage, José Machado Pais, Ross Haenfler and Helena Abramo as main references, examples of moral panics motivated by youth practices are also presented. Finally, based on the works of Jon Savage, Kendra Unruh, Hermano Vianna and Micael Herschmann, among others, and on news published by the press, the last part analyses the trajectories of lindy hop and carioca funk, two dances that, although born in different times and places, have a similar history, marked by the moral panic they caused. Two dances born in black communities that, like several others that have made success during the twentieth century, shocked many at the time of their arising, but, despite that, or because of that, became very popular among young people from different social contexts. As the years go by, generations and styles of dance change, but criticism and prejudice remain, confirming that these panics do not disappear completely, they only change shape, once, although they seem to be directed at specific dances, they are often a reflection of the same prejudice directed to the creators of these styles.