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African Dance
Black Africans brought their dances to North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean Islands as slave labor starting in the 1500s. -
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American Social Dance
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Minstrelsy
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Tango
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Vaudeville
Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to more than 25,000 performers, and was the most popular form of entertainment in America. From the local small-town stage to New York's Palace Theater, vaudeville was an essential part of every community. -
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Two colored” Rule
The “two-colored” vaudeville rule prevented Black performers from appearing alone onstage. Because of these restrictions, from 1902 until 1914, Robinson was required to have an onstage partner. -
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Jack Cole
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Ballin’ Jack
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Jerome Robbins
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Charleston
In short, the “Charleston” dance phenomenon was a product of various cultural forces originating in Africa and Europe that germinated in the crucible of Charleston and blossomed in Harlem in the early 1920s. -
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Gus Giordano
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Broadway
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"Luigi” (Eugene Louis Faccuito)
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Bob Fosse
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Big Apple
The dance that eventually became known as the Big Apple is speculated to have been created in the early 1930s by African-American youth dancing at the Big Apple Club, which was at the former House of Peace Synagogue on Park Street in Columbia, South Carolina. -
Fancy Free
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African Dispora
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American Bandstand
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Michael Jackson
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West Side Story
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Paula Abdul
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Mia Michaels
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Janet Jackson
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Music Videos
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MTV
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Lady Gaga
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Rhythm Nation
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Smooth Criminal
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Cold Hearted Snake
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Rain on Me