White people dressed up as plantation slaves and acted like black musical in the act of dance forms. ... African Americans were shown as innocent people who sang and danced all night long. ... She also organized the Negro People's theater, which was the beginning of modern black theatre movement. ... Jazz dancing became the new thing and Jazz dancing schools began to open up. They first opened up in Harlem and then downtown to teach people that didn't know how to dance. ...

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The band was spreading its exciting new style of orchestral modern Jazz, mixed with a healthy dose of blues and swing, all over the country and was beginning to spill over into Europe; and the critics the critics were raving about this daring and innovative group that was translating the speedy Be-Bop language into a big band style that people could dance to, understand, and enjoy. ... Nationwide, club-goers seek out venues where Salsa, Bossa Nova, Merengue, Calypso, and other African, Caribbean, and Latin influenced dance styles can be enjoyed along with the music that accompanies them, but v...

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During the 1600s to the early 1700s, the majority of the music was mainly instrumental accompanied by dancing and chanting. ... However, slaves did dance and chant often because the enslavers felt that this would give them some relief from the cruelties of slavery. ... Even with all of these bans, the people still assembled in song and dance. ... Jazz was a more energetic and upbeat form of Ragtime music; it was a music that anyone and everyone danced to. ...

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Jazz functions as popular art has enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the "jazz age" of the 1920's, in the swing era of the late 1930's and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950's. ... Playing jazz influenced dance music, was billed as the King of Jazz (History of Jazz 2001). ...

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Real trends are those that not only have survived opposition at the beginning of their trajectory, but have challenged modern trends and proved competitive. ... Pop is a combination of all music genders and all harmonic styles that incorporates modern everyday life. ... Rock and Roll is a type of dance music that blends rhythms of blues, folk and country. ...

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Stormville consisted of dance halls honky tons and brothels. ... His personality was born, he wasn't just a musician, he was a true entertainer He was hired by various cabarets throughout the city, as well as for picnics, dances, and funerals. ... He played back in the old neighborhood dance halls and saloons that were run by gangsters. ... He was the most widely imitated improviser prior to the appearance of modern saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1940's. ...

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The sax was known to intensify close dancing with one another. ... Although, the young ones still rebelled against what the adults had to say, they still enjoyed the music and dancing to it. ... He was being offered to play in parties, funeral marches, dances, and local bars. ... While in between gigs, they met numerous of musicians where they eventually joined with them, and then later formed the basis of bebop, a fast, improvisational style of jazz instrumental that defined the modern jazz era. ... He released a series of singles that were contemplated as a significant role to the modern ...

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It was ultimately ideal for dancing. ... Ragtime's styles developed more in Missouri were bands would combine the structure of marches with black songs and dances such as the cakewalk. ... He wanted to disassociate what he felt was a modern style of black religious music from the days of slavery and the distasteful nostalgia of antebellum South. ...

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• Grade Level: High School