African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African-American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodical called Freedom's Journal in 1827. During the antebellum South, other African-American newspapers sprang forth, such …

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 as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks (). "Pattin' Juba" would be used to keep time for other dances during a walkaround.A Juba dance performance could include: counter-clockwise turning, …

A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances are usually called "Religious dances" because of their purpose. The terms "ethnic" and "traditional" are used when it is required to emphasize the …

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases …

African-American music first culminated during the year 1619 when the first African slaves were brought to North America from West Africa. The inhumane conditions that Africans endured from the time of their capture to reaching the shores of America produced a need to maintain their roots of Africa.The way in which Africans were able to maintain their identity, despite the cultural and …

The Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970. It was caused primarily by the poor economic conditions for African American people, as well as the prevalent racial segregation …

An erotic dance is a dance that provides erotic entertainment and whose objective is the stimulation of erotic or sexual thoughts or actions in viewers. Erotic dance is one of several major dance categories based on purpose, such as ceremonial dance, competitive dance, performance dance and social dance.. The erotic dancer's clothing is often minimal, and may be gradually …

The term "swing dance" refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with jazz music in the 1920s, 30s and 40s.The most iconic among the various styles of swing dance is the lindy hop, which originated in Harlem and is still danced today. While the majority of swing dances began in African-American communities as vernacular African-American dances, some …

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Concert dance (also known as performance dance or theatre dance in the United Kingdom) is dance performed for an audience.It is frequently performed in a theatre setting, though this is not a requirement, and it is usually choreographed and performed to set music.. By contrast, social dance and participation dance may be performed without an audience and, typically, these …