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Its origins in slavery and the plantation south, the Cakewalk was the sole organized and even condoned forum for servants to mock their masters. A send-up of the rich folks in the "Big House," the cakewalk mocked the aristocratic and grandiose mannerisms of southern high-society.
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The Chalk Line Walk as it was originally known in 1850 in the southern plantations and later became very popular from 1895-1905 as the Cakewalk with a resurgence around 1915. It originated in Florida by the African-American slaves who got the basic idea from the Seminole Indians (couples walking solemnly).
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The Origins of the Cake Walk; Newspaper article from: Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The; 4/30/2002; 538 words ; ...people use the term "cake walk" today, they usually...But the original cake walk, which had its origins in southern slavery...The dance has its origins as far back as 1840. ... Cakewalk Dance Clips...
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Dunbar, the originator.(Paul Laurence Dunbar); Magazine article from: African American Review; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...generation, was born in the bed with Paul Laurence Dunbar, ... Commentary: Remembering the late poet Paul Laurence Dunbar; Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 6/23/2001; ; 611 words ;
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So I'm writing yet another book, this time for Simon & Schuster, to be called Ask For It By Name, in which I will explore the origins of popular trade and product names (Altoids, Twinkies, Starbucks, etc.). This sort of thing requires a bit of research, and so I have ... Yes indeed, "cakewalk" is an American invention,
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Aerial Origins; By: Iver Cooper ... When the Cakewalk became popular, the circuses added black performers to cakewalk for their audiences. For example, in 1902, Nettie Compton did a cakewalk for the Ponsell Brothers Circus (to be scrupulously accurate, I should admit that she had previously been part of a quartet in the...
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The first of these, the cakewalk--a strutting dance of African-American origins--with its imagined scandalous rhythms, was never performed by middle and upper class ballroom dancers in its original, vibrantly competitive form.
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What is the meaning and origin of Cakewalk?; By Mantius, Philippines - 29th August -2007; When you say that the victory was a cakewalk what you mean is that is was very easily achieved. You didn’t have to put in too much of an effort;
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