development. There are a number of notable African-American modern dance companies using African-American cultural dance as an inspiration, among these are the...

African dance (also Afro dance, Afrodance and Afro-dance) refers to the various dance styles of sub-Saharan Africa. These dances are closely connected...

Stick dance was a dance style that African–Americans developed on American plantations during the slavery era, where dancing was used to practice "military...

broadened the audience for dance. African American dances are those vernacular dances which have developed within African American communities in everyday...

in America is also greatly influenced by African-American dance. American popular dance has also drawn many influences from African-American dance most...

The Juba dance or hambone, originally known as Pattin' Juba (Giouba, Haiti: Djouba), is an African-American style of dance that involves stomping as well...

Stepping or step-dancing (a type of step dance) is a form of percussive dance in African-American culture. The performer's entire body is used as an instrument...

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sequence from A Star Is Born (1954). "The Black Bottom, African roots in American dance". African American Registry. Retrieved 30 January 2018. S.D., Trav (23...

variety of dance styles have been developed; see Modern dance. African American dance developed in everyday spaces, rather than in dance studios, schools...

African-American TV dance show Soul Train featured a dance troupe called "The Electric Boogaloos" which routinely performed popping and locking dance...

its first African-American female full-time faculty member. Misty Copeland had a late start in dance, but became one of the few African-American ballerinas...

music. Tap dancing can also be a cappella, with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music. It is an African-American artform that...

dance has become a global phenomenon that continues to evolve both stylistically and demographically. This style of dance arose from African American...

American dancers were hired to tour America nationwide, and this marked the beginning of their solvency." African American dance blended modern dance...

It has its roots in African-American dance, which itself is rooted in sub-Saharan African music traditions and the historical dances brought to the United...

of step dancing, stepping, has been popularized by National Pan-Hellenic Council. This step dance has African roots and is an African American tradition...

who would ask 'Why y'all still doing that dance? That's played out'. By 79, there were very few African American brothas that was doing this... We always...

groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally...

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The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s. The name of the dance comes from the name of...

The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It...

dance in the United States is a form of contemporary dance that was developed in the United States in the 20th century. African American modern dance...

cuisine of African Americans. It originated in the American South from the cuisines of enslaved Africans trafficked to the North American colonies through...

cultures and where there were more African slaves than Europeans or indigenous Americans, such as Brazil. African dance styles were merged with new cultural...

1965) is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was one of the first African-American ballerinas...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) is a modern dance company based in New York City. It was founded in 1958 by choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey...

Locking is a style of funk dance. The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a...

came from the "star" or challenge dances that were all part of the African-American dance called Juba, the particular sequence of steps which appeared in...

1880s. The authors of Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance reported that an informal experiment with African dancers undertaken in the 1950s...