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The Charleston is a dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called The ...
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The Charleston dance became popular after appearing along with the song, "The Charleston," by James P. Johnson in the Broadway musical [i]Runnin' Wild[/i] in 1923.

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Charleston (dance), American social dance to rhythmically syncopated music in ⁴₄ time. Danced as a solo, with a partner, or in a group, it is marked by turned-in knees and toes, shifts of weight from leg to leg, and exuberant kicks and movements of arms and hands. Originally a black folk dance in Charleston, South Carolina, and elsewhere, it has parallels with some West African and black Caribbean dance. It became a popular craze after it was featured in the black musical Runnin' Wild (1923).

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