African-American cultural dance has developed within Black American communities in everyday spaces, rather than in studios, schools or companies.
To properly frame the current state of African-American social dance, she needed to record examples of styles from as early as the 1900s.
In the 19th century, African-American dance began to appear in minstrel shows.
The first African-American dance to become popular with white dancers was the cakewalk in 1891.
Modern popular dance in America is also greatly influenced by African-American dance.
American popular dance has also drawn many influences from African-American dance most notably in the hip-hop genre.
But for all the influence classical music has recently had on Ms. Brown, nothing matches the effect of African-American social dance.
One of them is the African-American social dance aesthetic.
New York has also historically been a center for African-American modern dance.
African-American dance has been wounded by those stereotypes inherited from the minstrel shows.
