First post Azizi June 15, 2005; Last post 09 Oct 06 - 07:42 PM
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There is no difference in my intent and in general subject matter between the "Dance To The Music","Dances Known And Unknown", and this thread "Thread of 1000 dances".
I confess that I've never liked the titles of those other threads, and prefer this title. That said, I also confess that I didn't check the Mudcat search engine and/or my posting history before yielding to the urge to start this thread.
If I had checked those listings, I may still have started this thread, but would have linked to those previous threads as resources as I am doing now.
Since I perfer the title of this thread, any subsequent posting that I make about general or specific dance history,types. or styles, I will post to this thread.
Because I was relatively new to Mudcat posting in April 2005 when I started the Cakewalk and Plantation thread, I wasn't aware that Animaterra had started a thread on Juba on 01 Feb 99 - 08:27 PM. The last post to that thread is by Ole Bull on 02 Feb 99 - 04:40 PM.
I'll add some information about the Juba dance to that thread that I've posted on other threads.
For those interested in the general subject of dance history and/or the "sociology" of dance, I believe that the Juba thread whose link I've provided should be seen as a companion thread to this thread.
The other threads whose links I provided in this post should also be seen as companion threads to this thread. And, I'm sure, there are a host of other Mudcat threads on this subject that I have not started and posts on this subject that I have not written.