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On the first part of this article, we discussed how the Charleston dance was born in the city of Charleston, in South Carolina, and the historical/social context of the city during that time. We also covered the main African American dances that influenced the development of this dance style. Now, on Part 2, we will…
Dancer girls at the Mary Bruce Dancing School circa 1938. Harlem dance legend, Mary Bruce, was an African-American woman who operated her own dance school studio giving dance and music training to thousands of youth, and helped build public awareness of dance and music in the Black community. For fifty years she taught ballet…
The Twist Dance: Chubby Checker, Oct. 10, 1961, Toronto, Canada (Photo by Gerry Barker/Toronto Star/ZUMA Press). Chubby Checker is an American Rock and roll singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles including The Twist dance style with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The…
A couple dancing, photographed in Uganda somewhere between 1890 and 1956, from the Ham Mukasa Archives. Social dance held in a photograph, a century before anybody filmed a Lindy Hop.