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Centuries Historical Dance performs the Castlewalk, as part of their video “Dances Through the Centuries: Dawn of a New World (Two-Step to Lindy Hop: 1890s - 1940s).“ Research, choreography, and reconstruction by Renée Camus. Dancers: Alexander Bradley Liam Bryan Renée Camus Cora Dickson Zeynep Dilli Breno Imbiriba Liana Olear Jeff Poretsky Music: “At the Mississippi Cabaret,” by Albert Gumble, 1914. Performed by Dick Hyman and His Dance Orchestra, from the recording “Come and Trip It: Instrumental Dance Music 1780s-1920s.“ New World Records CD 80293-2 (originally LP NW 293) Purchase the full-length video, describing and demonstrating this and many other dances of the Ragtime era: Want to learn these dances yourself? Come to Renée's Ragtime Dance Workshop in Pasadena, CA, May 21, 2016. Facebook Event here:
