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The cakewalk was a dance developed from the "prize walks" (dance contests with a cake awarded as the prize) held in the mid-19th century, generally at

walk, cakewalk, or cakewalks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cakewalk is a traditional African American form of music and dance. Cakewalk may refer

include the cakewalk, Krakowiak, mazurka, racket, redowa, and the waltz. Vernon and Irene Castle brought an air of respectability to couples dancing, and sparked

Breakaway was a cross between the "Texas Tommy, Two-step, Apache Dance, Turkey Trot, Cakewalk and Grizzly Bear. 19th century POLKA variations "19th century

in the dance competition or vary much across dancers. In contrast, while the cakewalk could be danced in traditional Scottish attire, dancers involved

Dancing mania Roller derby, which originated as a 3000-mile roller skating race, inspired by a series of walkathons promoted by Leo Seltzer. Cakewalk

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Ragtime music. Other dances included the African American Cakewalk, and animal dances such as the Turkey Trot. The most popular social dance of the time was

movements, suggestive demeanor, and for her rendition of the popular "cakewalk dance," which in her own style included "negro" rhythms and paces. She should

Williams was particularly associated with the cakewalk, and a sketch of her alongside her future husband in that dance was depicted on the front cover of the