When they recorded this - the dancers, the band, the camera man - they had no idea it would be immortalized on something called the Internet and viewed by millions of people in the future.

@nielsklarenberg5871

Жыл бұрын

This would be true for everything made the next 60 years.

@JoshJamesification

7 ай бұрын

They knew the internet was coming, idiot

Every single hip hop dance that has since come out has it's roots to this. I know, bc I grew up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s with my great grandma and great uncle who showed this to me.

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!

Now I know where the original C-walk came from 🤣🤣🤣 Gotta love the oldies 💯

I was able to take dance lessons on three occasions from Frankie Manning who danced with them as part of Whitey's Lindyhoppers in the 30s and 40s. Al Minns' son and Leon James' granddaugther have even posted comments on some of these vids. Pretty amazing to connect with history and pay it forward.

@kaleidoscope222

8 жыл бұрын

WOW

@JudgeJulieLit

7 жыл бұрын

"Absatively posolutely." -- e.e. cummings

YES WE LOVE CHARLESTON

IMO these guys are ABSOLUTE LEGENDS. Beautiful expression.

The Charleston should "come back"! It's so fun!

Ah the 20's! Those were da good old days at least in dancing...

The good old times...

The music here is great!

This is where Kid n Play got there moves.....WOW

@washilion3075

3 жыл бұрын

Boah.. Bull for real..👳🏾

Yeah, this kind of dancing is timeless. The way new generations shuffle in the clubs or raves, we owe it to these guys.

Awesome and beautiful to watch

Good old days music

There's a popular dance inSouth Africa called Isipantsula, it's been around since the 50's. It's taken from this dance

@ramisahm

18 күн бұрын

أصل رقصة شارلستون هو جزائري ، أخذها سياح أمريكيين زارو الجزائر سنة 1910 عندما شاهدو النساء يغسلن الملابس في الأنهار بواسطة أرجلهن بحركات راقصة و هن يستمعن بأعمالهن حيث كانت رقصة شائعة و هناك عدة فيديوهات جزائرية قديمة توضح هذا

Evolution of Hip Hop dance and music!

Roots of hardstep, shuffle, and some jumpstyle and some drum n bass. THIS IS DANCE WHAT THESE GUYS DID!

this is ORIGINAL dancing as we know it today. rock n roll was born in the 50's, dancing was born in the 20's.

So this must be the forefather of jumpstyle, shuffle, and C-walk? O_o

@superduperfreakyDj

6 жыл бұрын

Jumpstyle doesn't derive from this, shuffle and C-walk do

@soneil12

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much. I mean shuffling isreally only a slight variation on the way ravers danced at the beginning of the 90s (only real difference is the music was slower in 90-92 and there were more arm movements) and that of course was hugely inspired by earlier styles.

@uli5858

5 жыл бұрын

Sir you are correct.

@robinceuleers5595

2 жыл бұрын

I think C-walk and also evolution of Hip Hop dancing and Breakdance

@tyedrichill8097

2 жыл бұрын

All modern forms of dance upshooting from black dances come from this

This is what both music and dance should be. Brilliant.

When my son comes home with good grades

Daamn, these men are smooth!

It's impossible to be sad while watching this video.

@o0OGunSmokeO0o

8 жыл бұрын

...no its quite easy

@uli5858

5 жыл бұрын

anything is possible.

@dogperson432

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sad seeing all the comments arguing that this dance only belongs to some Americans when the dancers themselves would never have wanted it that way

This video will never get old

Yes, it was filmed during the 50s (late 50s or maybe early 60s). This was a history of jazz dance TV special where Al Minns and Leon James showcased American jazz dances from the 20s to the 40s. Notice that it is a __TV__ special -- that was not very common in the 40s =) Besides check out the style of their clothes! Peace

Beautiful music for dancing in this 2023

12 years after the release, this is still one of my favorite videos! Just love picturing this while listening to dnb music. If those guys cant dance to it, then i wont like the track.

He makes it look so easy. ❤

Way to keep Al & Leon's legacy alive! =)

That second dance was amazing

We kickin' it old school baby!

Wow. These men are GREAT. They make the dancing look fun and effortless!

cela met de bonne humeur, j'adore !

It's time for this to come back to dancefloors!

A dance that emblematizes a healthy, fit society free to apotheosize: to create, innovate and express individual emotion, especially joi de vivre whimsy--boldly shaping moves ne'er seen b4.

@dogperson432

3 жыл бұрын

@Evi1M4chine dude it's so much worse. People do dance it today and they slowed down all the tempos because their fat asses can't keep up

The Godfathers of Hip Hop dance!

It's amazing how many genres you can dance this to.

I had no idea most of the dances we did in the 80s come from the Charleston! Wow

Your father has some seriously EPIC dance moves. Good stuff.

FABULOUS!!!!!Always go to the great originals!!!!!

That is awesome and amazing! They had sure talent!

@Kelly-nm4kw

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, How are you doing today?

to think this dance is nearly 100years old...

@phatcat3705

3 жыл бұрын

GothixZa And still ever so popular. 😉

@MrMessyb

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sneakyboson definitely! A lot of shuffling to house music and dancing to electro is basically the Charleston.

@gregquinn7817

Жыл бұрын

Many of these steps go back to traditional west African dance Juba and a few others.

Well we watched this video as apart of our notes and I was just like, "If I do learn this dance and perform it in front of the class can I get extra credit points?!?!" And she was like "Absolutely!"

old school dancing right here!

These guys are great. I wish I could drop it like that in the club. I don't think I can kick with so much style.

Beautiful.

Good to see the mix back in those days.

Beautiful!! I love this.

it has in a lot of songs.. its distant, but you can see the traces.. its a great dance!

Every day I'm Charleston.

Hell yeah

is classic! forever

man ii love this why wassn't i born in them dayss...

Love it!!

All killer, no filler. Or finer. A top three clip for sure. Love from the uk.

🙋🏻‍♂️ hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

There you have it, folks, the origins of Hip-Hop. Personally, I wish it had stayed this way, much classier, and SOOO smooth.

@bayar_

7 жыл бұрын

shut the fuck up

@walkingblueraven4088

6 жыл бұрын

A. BAYAR ... YOU ARE SUCH AN IMP!

they made it look so effortless, yet it must have taken quite a lot of time to master it so well.

This was hip hop back then!!! Omg! #Bringitback

Amazing! Thanks for uploading.

when shuffling was unnoticed

@Kelly-nm4kw

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sandra, How are you doing?

clearly these dances/dancers were WAAAY ahead of there time

the second one is totally amazing xD

Amen to that! Took too long to find it, but finally here we are.

Now I know we're 90’s rap group got their moves and style from

We're gonna dance like this again in the 2020's

@7roach

3 жыл бұрын

It's time!

You're absolutely right.

I'm sooo learning this

WOW! Awesome!

I love moves that make the dancer look like they're just gliding a hair above the floor without friction.

Absolutely brilliant...

these guys are cooler than words!

yer now that's skill good share

Jazz washes away dust of every day life. - Art Blakey

this is the best thing in the world

Nothing but a classic, wouldn't it be cool if they brought back the dance and it became popular again?

@Fenrasulfr

8 жыл бұрын

You could argue that jumpstyle is a modern interpretation of the charleston.

@3eeeDee

7 жыл бұрын

or cutting shapes :)

@7roach

6 жыл бұрын

+3eeeDee Thanks for helping me keep up with how it evolves. I had to look this up kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWWsm6hmdK7HfrA.html

@7roach

5 жыл бұрын

Search "Lindy hop" on KZread 😊

es ist so unbeschreiblich großartig und so modern, egal wie alt es ist

!!!Hermoso, excelente, Fascinante....

Love this dance

amazing.

this is the origins of locking, the origins of footwork, everything, and this was fun

Those guys are awesome!

love it !! so talented:):)

The Charleston

superb to watch !!

Around the world, around the woooorld....

Fucking love this!

That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen! Thanks!

Wonder-fulll!!!

Beautiful,

It's amazing what black folks did with the Irish Jig. Man did they animate it and with soooo much style and grace during such a violent period for them!! Hay, Archie Bunker, you ain't never been black in America. Was your Mama and children sold? So, I guess for you..."those where the days."

There might have been Very Hard Times in The1920's and 1930's, but with footage like this. It looked like a Fun place to be. What Incredible Footage this is, Thanks for this.

@AriahProductions (Al Minns' son): your dad was incredibly talented. This style of dancing is so versatile it matches up with almost every musical genre there is. In my video response above, I married it to Jimmy Soul's classic 1962 hit. I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty of re-looping Al's gravity-defying kicks. I just had to have that sequence twice--so damn fine!

That song is "The Charleston" 1920's Dance and tune that "took the world" in the 1920's ... It actualyl started on the Docks on the Waterfront in Charleston and then was made popular by Beach Goers to the very popular " Isle of Palms" "Flapper dancers" took up the dance ...

this is amazing!

Awesome!

excelennnnnnnteeee

The Vogue at the end, is every-thing.

Marvellous!!! Brings back nice memories! Thanks for sharing:) Grandma mary