The Influence of African American Dance
African American dances are those dances which have developed within African American communities in everyday spaces, rather than in dance studios, schools or companies and its derivatives, tap dance, disco, jazz dance, swing dance, hip hop dance and breakdance. Other dances, such as the lindy hop with its relationship to rock and roll music and rock and roll dance have also had a global influence.
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Dance · Music · Opera & Ballet · Theatre |
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Circus skills · Magic · Mime · Puppetry · Speech |
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Drama · Tragedy · Comedy · Tragicomedy · Romance · Satire · Epic · Lyric |
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Read more about this topic: Dance Magazines, By Ethnicity or Region, In Europe and North America
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