Cake Walk (1903) | The Afro-American Dance
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Cake Walk (1903) | The Afro-American Dance
The CAKEWALK was a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by slaves on plantation grounds. The uniquely American dance was first known as the "prize walk"; the prize was an elaborately decorated cake. Hence, "prize walk" is the original source for the phrases "takes the cake" and "cakewalk." It was originally a processional partner dance ...
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Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien dancing a cakewalk at the end of this performance of Under the Bamboo Tree. Cakewalks were a dance first performed by Black slaves on plantations - they parodied the mannered dance style of the white owners, during dance contests where the prize was often a cake. #judygarland #cakewalk #camp
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