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Modern Moves

by Danielle Robinson

Ballroom dancingDance, new york (state)JazzRacismImmigrants, united statesHistoryDanceMusic and race

"Modern Moves examines the movement of social dances between "black" and "white" cultural groups and immigrant and migrant communities during the early twentieth century. It focuses on Manhattan, a Black Atlantic capital into which diverse people and dances flowed and intermingled, and out of which new dances were marketed globally"--

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Book data: Open Library