The Cake Walk was a popular dance in theater ?
The Cake Walk was a popular dance in theater and ballrooms in the 1890's. The dance originated in Antebellum slave communities, as a satire of the stiff formality of aristocratic dancing. 1898
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Antebellum Aristocratic Ballrooms Communities Formality Originated Stiff
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