February 6, 2009<September 10, 2013 The Cakewalk by Evangeline Holland The Cakewalk had its origins in slavery. Peering through the windows at the spectacles hosted by white planters, enslaved blacks would then prance and…
March 9, 2008<January 10, 2011 Those Scandalous Dances! by Evangeline Holland Until the emergence of the waltz in the early 19th century, the minuet reigned supreme as the courtliest, most aristocratic of dances. It was…