#black dances

[yasbxxgie]

Aye dog! 6 spins [h/t]

[tiredtwstoutt]

I went down a rabbit hole looking up the origins of the black bottom dance. So apparently it comes from the Jacksonville Rounders Dance. So it led me to my hometown 🧐

Black Bottom

Black Bottom refers to a dance which became popular in the 1920s, during the period known as the Flapper era. The dance originated in New Orleans in the first decade of the 20th century. The theatrical show Dinah brought the Black Bottom dance to New York in 1924, and the George White's Scandals featured it at the Apollo Theater in Harlem 1926 through 1927 where it was introduced by dancer Ann Pennington. Jelly Roll Morton, jazz player and composer, wrote the tune "Black Bottom Stomp" with its name referring to Detroit's Black Bottom area. The dance became a sensation and ended up overtaking the popularity of the Charleston, eventually becoming the number one social dance. "The Original Black Bottom Dance" was printed in 1919. It came from an earlier dance called "Jacksonville Rounders' Dance" printed in 1907. The word "Rounder" was a synonym for "pimp." Both "dance-songs" were written by black pianist, composer and dancer Perry Bradford and were based on a dance done in Jacksonville, Florida "way back." One professional dancer stated, "That dance is as old as the hills." The dance was well known among semi-rural blacks across the South. A similar dance with many variations had been commonly used in tent show performances, and "Bradford and Jeanette" had used it as a finale. The dance was featured in the Harlem show Dinah in 1924, and then "The Scandals of 1926," whereupon it became a national craze.

[pearfacts]

Idols doing the shoot dance.

[yasbxxgie]

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Junebug Had to take it back to ‘76 w. Leerock Starski & Whaffle (Ig, 1/25/21)

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[cottonginandjuice]

Black culture is almost never one set thing. Like slang isn’t a fixed word to use, it’s more about the way you use the word, the different suffixes and prefixes you can put on it to make it yours. Or like dances like the nae-nae or “yeet,” (even back when niggas was jerking and doing the pool palace) are never just the one dance move it’s about the lil shit you throw in and really freestyling while doing the original dance every couple beats.

So that’s really why white people look a mess doing black things. Cus yes, you may know how to do one thing or say one thing, but being able to use them properly and style them is sumn a Buzzfeed article just can’t teach you. So white people may be finding out the ingredients but they ain’t never gon know how to cook wit em.

[french-pharaoh]

Dances

Comment yall favorite dances! Mine is krumping