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Bookmark or Share- The Art of Stepping—and How It's Brought People Together for More Than ...While step as we know it today emerged in the early 20th century, its roots go way deeper. In the 1500s, the Portuguese brought the first African slaves to the Americas from the West African region known as Senegambia.
- What is Stepping or Step Dance? - UpStaged Entertainment GroupFirst off is Stepping or step-dancing, a percussive dance where the participant’s body is used to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word, and hand claps. Here’s a look back in history at how this incredible art form came to fruition.
- How 'Stepping' Became a Part of Black Culture - PushBlackStepping, a form of ritual communication, has been beloved in our communities for decades, happening everywhere, from HBCU yards to high school shows. Our people have always used drums to express and communicate, but during enslavement, captors banned drumming across many colonies.
- Stepping (African-American) - WikipediaStepping or step-dancing (a type of step dance) is a form of percussive dance in African-American culture. The performer's entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word, and hand claps.
- What is Stepping? - Step Afrika!Stepping is a percussive, highly-energetic art form first developed through the song and dance rituals performed by African-American fraternities and sororities. In stepping, the body becomes an instrument, using footsteps, claps and spoken word to produce complex poly-rhythms.
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