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Charleston

Social jazz dance popular in the 1920s and later, characterized by its toes-in, heels-out twisting steps. Originally a Southern black folk dance, it had parallels in dances of Trinidad, Nigeria, and Ghana. It was popularized by its appearance in the black musical in 1923 and took its name from one of the show's songs, written by James P. Johnson.

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