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African Influence on American Dance

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When thinking about dance in America, a few names and stylists immediately come to mind — Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, or ballet great George Ballanchine and even Mikhail Baryshnikov. But lost in this history is the profound impact of African Americans on American dance.

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