CBS2 Celebrates Black History Month: Chester Whitmore
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2021
- Chester Whitmore is a local dance icon who moonlights as a band leader, filmmaker, martial artist and, most importantly, historian of South Los Angeles' Central Avenue.
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Chester Whitmore is an incredible historical contributors to the history of Black Vernacular Dance. I’ve worked with Chester since the early 90’s. Touring the world with Chester and sharing American Black dance has been priceless in my dance career. I am very grateful to know him. Thank you, Chester. BBJ forever!
This man is exceptional. Thanks for highlighting his work.
Love 💘 this Chester Whitmore you Rock !!!
He is one of the most utterly sweet and charming men I've ever known in my life. He's a wonderful talent.
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I wish I knew about this marathon dance. Please do a 2023 update on him because people are finding out about his work that are young and may not know him but interested in carrying his legacy in dance
Love that Chester Whitmore!!!
J'ai assisté à ses stages sur Montpellier (Swing Cat "Lindy Hop on the Beach") et Toulouse(144 Dance Avenue) débordant d'énergie et toujours le sourire et la bonne humeur....de très très bons souvenirs....
Tap dance didn't only come from Black Americans, whilst they were responsible for a lot of that style, its roots come from Irish Sean Nos dance, and English & Welsh Clogging (which predates all American tap styles by a few hundred years). When the US took on many poor low-class British & Irish immigrants as well as African slaves, those cultures came together and united upon thier similarities of their predicaments.
Southern US music, is very similar to old Irish music, because Irish musicians are part of the root, and they came together with Black americans to create that sound, and it also lead to Southern Buck Dance and Flatfooting (which originally was Irish Sean Nos/Flatfooting) mixed with African musical rhythms and dance moves. From this melting pot, also came tap, when the Black Americans borrowed from the English/Welsh cloggers, and replaced their traditional shoes with modern tap shoes, with metal plates, and again, mixed in their own rhythms, as well as "flash moves" (stunts from African dance styles).
It's not '100%' Black culture or origin, it was of mixed origins, though black Americans certainly did these arts a huge favour with their great sense of musicalilty and style (all my favorite music genres and dance styles are from black Americans).
Chester Whitmore himself is a national treasure for the US, great guy, and knows is stuff, dances real well, he's authentic, the real deal. I love him.
But it's important to know the full story of the roots to respect 'all' cultures it came from. Not to mention, it shows that not 'everyone' was racist back in the day (though a lot were), different ethnic groups have mixed and been friends for hundreds of years. It's the slavers, racists and greedy world leaders who want to split everyone up by making everyone enemies via politics and agendas, and blurred history. The real full history of these dances are a beautiful story of not only Black heritages, but White too, it's a story of a group of people from all backgrounds, Black and White, who came together, regardless of all the terrible things, the propaganda, slavery, and racism back then, to create something amazing, to be "humans" together, and share in one another's creativity.
Damn is this Chris Rocks dad ? 😁 He's good real good 👍
No it's not....
Looks like celebrating black Dustin Diamond. RIP