HOW TO DANCE the CHARLESTON basic step? EVERYTHING you’ve ever wanted TO KNOW!

►Have you wanted to know how to do the Charleston basic step? ► Want to learn more like this? Get 6 free lessons here: ► Online school & membership: 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, 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 more here: ►History of Charleston dance ►History of major classic jazz dance steps ---- 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! There are so many ways to play with this classic Solo Jazz step. 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 === Follow me! ► Insta ► FB #learntodanceonline #solojazz #swingdance #charlestondance #authenticjazz #vernacularjazz #secretsofsolo #kseniaparkhatskaya #onlineclasses #charleston