The Cake Walk Dance

[@gailranson8006]

lol ! the Cake Walk Dance ! it tickles me to know.... it was designed to Mock the Uppity Plantation Owners and the like 😊 . great video

[@thedarkwarriorperspective7475]

Gail Ranson I found humor in that two. Lol

[@mboyatut4033]

Indeed when you look at the detailed wikipedia article about the cake dance, it was indeed a satire 😁. And when you look closely at the manner in which they did it, it was indeed satire at its finest. Mimicking the dance moves of their masters in subtle ways but in a ridiculous manner 😁😁

[@scotth2313]

I heard about this for the first time today in a program on NPR about language when someone asked about the expression, “that takes the cake.” I wanted to know more about this including seeing examples of the dances. Thank you for your video!

[@freddiemiranda5366]

This is so interesting and important black content of black history in america, you should make a documentary about black history in parts or chapters thank you for sharing the knowledge.

[@thedarkwarriorperspective7475]

Thank you very much for the comment, the support and the suggestion. Means alot.

[@Themaddprof]

Much respect to you for providing real and documented Black history on You Tube. I am so sick and disgusted with these frauds who mislead the people and play with their emotions with made up garbage. Keep up the good work!

[@stevenneville6467]

Excellent video! I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@thedarkwarriorperspective7475]

Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@Mansellyn]

This is wonderful to know. I found the Library of Congress' film first, and then came here. I believe you did a better job of using film to transcribe the knowledge of African traditions to show the contextual history of the movements. I grew up in a Pentecostal church. Many of the movements of the Ring Shout was exhibited there during religious worship. Thank you so much.

[@NomadNewYork1]

Cool. I am researching the cakewalk for an MFA. This was really helpful.

[@mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518]

Very interesting! I've heard this term through out my life time and never knew what it meant until now. Thank you for this!!

[@thedarkwarriorperspective7475]

You're very welcome.

[@SandraJSaLim]

😊😆I like it -- good idea !Cake walk 😊

[@blackqueengenius7341]

Very interested... There are a lot of classical composers who wrote famous cakewalks

[@thedarkwarriorperspective7475]

Absolutely!

[@YT4Me57]

I wish the video was larger!

[@thedarkwarriorperspective7475]

6.8k people was fine with it. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Aritul]

This was so interesting. Thank you!

[@sabrinablack2155]

Very interesting to know. Never heard of cake walk dances.

[@chantellemarie5593]

Thankyou for mentioning the tango. This is the first time i have heard of this. Any Suggestions for researching into these type of dances? Also quick note. The way you perfectly described "parody of the plantation owner". I imagine every plantation shuffle would appear unique, even able to identify one from the other. 🤯😀

[@Keepskatin]

"When it comes to the scratch we do the Cake Walk. I cake walks to the coupe, and then I takes off" Rich the Factor. "Move Up"

[@Smitty753]

Is there any more information on the Cakewalk influencing the Argentinian Tango? I must know this.

[@carolinebarrett4736]

Lol brilliant! I’m really glad they at least could take the piss out of the bad bastards, who were enslaving them 🥰

[@douglasmijangos3327]

I don’t understand… how did these people have slaves in the late 1800 early 1900? I’m guessing the dance continued and passed on from slaves/black folks?

[@DeizSons-nb1kr]

The real Black Face-