Cakewalk Dance Clips

[neobiki]

The dude at 1:27 is the best.

[famsteer]

its kinda scary. they all look so weird.

[JavaLuCpp]

Trolls of the 1910 4chan

[pb237723]

pretty sure AKaudio is happily trolling

[applesugarful]

I love this video! SO FUNNY!

[gayforlife2020]

People used to have a lot more physical fun in those days. It was not an easy world, but they didn't have global terror: nor YouTube!

[TheReggeboo2]

i think this is so cool that you found a video from 1903!!! it's really fascinating how people back then didn't care who they were dancing with, like when people were "cartwheeling" over the guy on his knees. nowadays...we all just think we're better than everyone (not that i do)

[HotRagEmma]

Great clips, and I love Smoky Mokes too :)

[mylokaf]

Anyone comparring "cakewalk" to "blackface" is crazy....What you said is like comparing 1st degree murder to accidental homicide.....Do your research……. white people did black face with the purpose of hurting blacks. It was propaganda against racial equality, and mint to stoke the flames of hate and fear.... Blakeface had a vicious intent..... (White face) was not a whole industry created to humiliate white people!

[timmeyjay]

Guy does flips at 1:26

[p0ck3ts911]

Can't tell if I'm watching this in 1911 or not.

[AKaudio]

black people might be able to dance, be proud cause yall suck getting jobs

mabey if you spent the time going to school you would be somewhere in life instead of the ghetto

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@AKaudio Hush child molester , dont you have some meth to go smoke, white boy?

[nocachu]

@AKaudio

+Maybe+ you should learn to spell before you tell others to go to school. And your grammar made my head spin. It's to be expected, racists are morons.

[slipnsliderable]

@AKaudio Moron. Maybe if you spent sometime in school then your comments wouldn't be seen as idiotic. Shut up and watch the fantastic dance.

[AKaudio]

@slipnsliderable you must be a nigger or a nigger lover, why dont you move to africa? problem solved you can learn how to stack rocks and chuck spears

[flashcloud]

@AKaudio

LOL. You're such a douche.

[applesugarful]

@AKaudio Their aren't just black people in Africa moron. If you're going to stereo type at least make sure that it's accurate. dumb ass.

[sexyblackchyna]

@AKaudio wow so its proven we have simple white people too...the ghetto is no different from your trailer park

[sexyblackchyna]

@AKaudio wow we have ignorant white people as well....the ghetto is no different from your trailer park...o yea big ups to president barack obama RUNNING THE COUNTRY! regardless if you like it or not...........................­...

[jainabee]

All I know is it's darned funny!

[27182818284590452354]

oh man, how i'm glad to live in the time of video games and the internet. the lengths people were ready to go to have some fun only a century ago!

[ikke0xD]

actually the white people are making fun of theirselves xD

guess they didn't know the black people made this kind of dance, to imitate the white people and defy them...

[Panagyra]

poor gal, in the last clip she kept getting dropped!! And the leap frog is hilarious!

[pickaninnyjenny]

Funny.

[stargate121]

White folks couldn't dance back then, either...

[Substantive64]

Damn your soul to Hell, you racist.

[acla9000]

Very sympathetic!! Thanks and Happy Holidays.

[phobal]

Thumbs up if you looked this up because of the June 2008 LSAT...

[VercingetorixXIII]

Anyway it goes, they look like they used to have a lot of fun... wouldnt catch people on the beach working together like that nowadays...

[HayenMill]

Hello sir. Thank you very much for uploading this video. I recently did a video about the historical evolution of dances, and this one was the first that I started with. As a thank you, I linked back to your video in the description. Check it out for yourself and see how dance has changed over this century. Once again, thanks.

[JiveDadson]

The rag time music on this video is an anachronism. Rag came about around 1900 or later. Cakewalks go back to the 1840's. The tune "Dixie" is a cakewalk.

[nicodagger]

@JiveDadson good point, thanks! i didn't know Dixie was a cakewalk, but that makes sense,tempo-wise. This music is too fast.

[Blackjesus3]

wowwwwwww nice

[Caduenas]

fucking LSAT...

[niffleheim1998]

I think this dance is also influenced in the Philippines.

[Foeley]

I love the guy that keeps flipping and dropping that woman on the beach. I think that "Superman" song and dance could be inspired by this sort of craze

[helmusico]

Who invented the "Copy/Paste" option in the cyber Era?

[niffleheim1998]

During the American Colonization in the Philippines, this dance was influenced

[tdubblz]

looks like footwork dancing which popular with black teens in Chicago.

[oegaziz43]

Its a sassy parody of dances such as minuets!! Very clever--almost ingenius.  Check out the exageratted movements!!

[killazay31]

for your information if you want to know about the history of both. Ragtime is a musical concept and later came the cakewalk a form of dance, born from the hearts of the colored folks. All part of the evolution of the evolving African culture of the world. White folks only emulated the cakewalk, by way of comedy. get your facts straight.

[crazydaysful]

@killazay31 - Amen! Tell it like it is!

[6aeus]

Oh, this looks sinful! Very inappropriate...

[tracy33161]

LOL...looks like they're doing the Deon Sanders dance at the beach.

[bsobecki23]

Funny thing is..the cakewalk was invented by black people to make fun of the way white people danced. The white people saw them doing it and decided that it was a catchy dance..

[ddsharper]

@bsobecki23 white people see every dance and song blacks do and then imitate it.

[ddsharper]

@bsobecki23 but I do see the irony.

[Substantive64]

Ah, so Blacks were being racist and got away with it!

[DrDementia1000]

@bsobecki23 Go figure.

[AG2Elizabeths]

Ballin'

[BlueBird1811]

The music is ragtime, the name of the dance is cakewalk, right?

[NylonStrungGirl]

Ragtime and Cakewalk are not the same thing. Historically they came about at almost the same time, the Cakewalk predating the Rag in print by a couple years . Cakewalks have simple syncopation and a simple usually single note melody line. Ragtime was not intended to be danced to, and is more melodically and rhythmically complex.

[budjibird]

ooh i actually realise this is ragtime! i'm learning jazz at school now, so i wanted to know what cakewalk is

[YungAnarchy]

Ima bring it back, dope dance dopeness

[Chrisspy704]

who wants to revive the cakewalk? anybody? that actually doesn't look like a bad dance at all, much better than soulja boy's.

instead of "watch me superman"

it'll be "watch me cakewalk"

[TheGidgetMidget]

I want to get in on this! We'll bring about a Great Cakewalk Revival! Sounds like a splendid idea.

[Chrisspy704]

hehe that's cool . Maybe i'll make a whole youtube account for it, and upload anybody who recorded themselves doing cakewalk.

[moorewes]

Wow. Except cakewalks were done in the postbellum south as a way to deride black people. A cakewalk revival would be a white supremacy revival. Nice try though.

[JiveDadson]

The music is not correct. It is ragtime, not cakewalk. I love ragtime, but it ought to be played slower.

[majo849]

the music is ragtime but cakewalk is correct, the name of this dance

[detulid]

what do you think girls' junk smelled like back then? i only ask because cake needs yeast...

[dexallmighty]

I thought I saw some capoeira @ 1:28!

[mharrin5507]

I totally bombed the "cakewalk" passage from the reading comprehension section of LSAT practice test 54

[ualue]

Hehe, that passage is what made me decide to look this up too.

[dermory]

hahaha i'm doing lsat practice tests and i'm like 'what the fuck is the cakewalk'? - 'is that where people dance for cakes'? - tough passage though initially

[schmetterlink]

@dermory Then you found out that's exactly what it is, and it's awesome.

[TheGranule]

Great picture of the crazy teenagers at the beach in them thar days. Wack Wak wack a doodle oooo!

[catherwintong]

i was reading an article abt cakewalk and got a bit confused.. how did it become no longer popular after 1910s? thanks.

[noaei]

Because popular music became ragtime, then jazz.

[et6yEhzxexzhrz]

olivej1914 has lead us to the conclusion that popular culture is beyond messed up.

[bluesmanvi]

I fell asleep watching this video and I think I woke up racist...

[luvebug21]

great tune and video!!

[vidnut222]

at Olivej1914....Excellent comment! :p

[BronxBornBroad]

These clips are a priceless treasure!

Thank you for posting them!!!

[jailbirdthunderheart]

Does anyone know where I can find this video or videos like it? Downloadable or purchasable?

[olivej1914]

I find it humorous that the white cakewalkers on the beach were imitating the black cakewalkers, who actually were imititaing the wealthy white cakewalkers who were imititating the black cakewalkers who started the whole thing.

Whew! That wore me out more than cakewalking my own damn self.

[dorotwhy]

olivej1914!! That was a perfect comment! You go a smile outa me :O) and a bit of a history lesson as well LOL

[bluesmanvi]

hahaha! Good stuff, olivej1914.

[ekocentric]

@olivej1914 imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

[nicodagger]

@olivej1914 me too, the first example in a long line of cultural treasures created by African-Americans (not just music and dance, but bar-b-que as well) that were co-opted by white society. i wouldn't say "stolen' because that implies the thing stolen remained the same in white hands, and white versions of black music, dance, etc., has NEVER been anywhere as good as the original.

[Frowned]

That stuff wasn't really co-opted by white society, it was the creation of distinct styles as the result of a white-black culture clash. Country, blues, American folk, creole, etc. al. weren't strictly "created by African-Americans" or European-Americans, but were influenced by each other. There's no "white versions of black music, dance, etc.", it's just another style influence. And one version of a specific style being "anywhere as good as the original" is more a matter of taste, I think.

[polkadotcandyfun]

CHECK OUT THE CRAZY LEGS MAN!!! he dances soooo well!!! 00:28

[rainydaywoman1957]

people danced in the water back in the old days.

[onefodderunit]

They seemed a lot more at ease than nowadays

[vanillasugarxo]

i agree nobody would dance on the beach anymore for a movie.

[lcooke]

this is awesome. thank you so much for sharing this.

[GS336]

The first song is Smokey Mokes by Abe Holzmann

[jmamorteg]

This music is ragtime, probably Scott Joplin's

[Zazaban]

Actually, it's cakewalk. The predecessor to ragtime.

[GS336]

Thw video is of cakewalks, but the music is ragtime

[0104vtvs]

What music is this - does anybody knows - please mail me

[EvilEddtheRed]

I think the guy at 1:30 is Charles 'Charlie' Charles, the inventor of break-dancing.

[audeylee]

I can't find info on Charlie Charles. I'm researching hip hop roots and finding lots of interesting stuff - Snake Hips, Congolese dancing - but I'm having a hard time finding out about this 2x Charlie.