The History of The History of Black Dance in America: Chester Whitmore

Famed choreographer, dancer, tap dancer and dance historian Chester Whitmore discusses how he met Fayard Nicholas and how that relationship led him to learn dance and showmanship from some of the greatest Vernacular Jazz Dancers of the 20th century. That experience shaped his career and is the reason he is one of the most well known champions of vernacular jazz and Black dance history in the world.
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Question....how is it that black Americans and Africans can do the exact same dance style, even though they have never seen each other dance? Television does not explain it,because these dancers are done by remote, obscure tribes who don't have access to any viewing devices. The same happens with music. My jaw dropped to the ground as I listened to some traditional African tribal music, that had the same beats and speed found in techno music. It is strange that black people in the US do these dances and make the music,that their ancestors have been doing for thousands of years without their parents handing them down. Silly question time...can music and dances be encoded in DNA?

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+Frostgrl681 Africans were stripped of everything when they were brought over here. They didn't bring suitcases or even clothes. The only thing they brought is the only thing they could bring: what was in their heads, their history, their culture. That is what has survived these hundreds of years, and that is what you see in the (African) American popular culture.