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A History of Dance in New York

08.13.2019 - By WNYCPlay

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Author Dale Cockrell joins us to discuss his new book, Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917.

One of the dances deemed, "naughty" by moral authorities in the early 20th century was the "Tough Dance," a sample of which you can see here, courtesy of the Library of Congress:  

 

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