African-American Dance and Women

Among the contributions of African-Americans to dance are popular dances of the past, such as the cakewalk and those of the minstrel show as well as dances associated with voodoo and other celebratory rituals (Long, 1989). African-American dancers, both male and female, have advanced other forms of dance such as jazz, social dancing, and the ballet. This brief report will examine the contributions of a select group of African-American women to dance in the United States.

Two of the greatest trend setters in African-American dance were Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus, both of whom emerged to prominence in the 1940s. Emery (1988) states that it is the

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