6 ways to do the Charleston! Everything you've ever wanted to know! / secretsofsolo.com

► Want to learn more like this? Get 6 free lessons here: bit.ly/freesol...
► Online school & membership: secretsofsolo....
===
Follow me!
► Insta /
► FB / ksenia.parkhatskaya
===
The Charleston. Where is it coming from and why is it called this way?
The Charleston dance had possibly the greatest influence on the American culture. Enslaved Africans brought it from Kongo to Charleston, South Carolina, as the Juba dance, which then slowly evolved into what is now known as Charleston. / ../ In African, however, the dance is called Juba or the Djouba. The name Charleston was given to the Juba dance by European Americans Africanisms in American Culture, p.52
The craze of the 20’s went into full swing when the choreographer Elida Webb Dawson, African- American dancer and choreographer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, introduced the Charleston in Runnin’ Wild (1923) - an American black Broadway musical ....
===
Read on about the history of this move and dance...
► Jazz. A brief cultural history of black dance
secretsofsolo....
► The history of the Charleston dance
secretsofsolo....
===
My online school has 300+ classes like this, with 18+ hours of material and the largest online solo dance community in the world. Please take a look, and improve your dancing today
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the King Charleston step. Learn 6 basic versions of footwork: groove walk, kicks, swinging kicks, 20’s twist, 20’s glide, and afro version “reverse twist” Charleston. You will have short practices to music right after my explanations. And as always, you’ll find tips on body movement (opposition, posture & arms) to not only feel good dancing it, but look good too!
This dance step is really the King its brilliantly universal. You can see and use it in salsa, rumba, house, hip hop, cutting shapes, shuffle, jazz, swing, and many more styles, believe me. It all depends on which bounce and feel you put into it. In this video we work on swing feel.
Learn these 6 basic options and you will shine!
===
#learntodanceonline #solojazz #swingdance #charlestondance #authenticjazz #vernacularjazz #secretsofsolo #kseniaparkhatskaya #onlineclasses #charleston