6 ways to do the Charleston! Everything you've ever wanted to know! /

► Want to learn more like this? Get 6 free lessons here: ► Online school & membership: === Follow me! ► Insta   ► FB   === The Charleston. Where is it coming from and why is it called this way? The Charleston dance had possibly the greatest influence on the American culture. Enslaved Africans brought it from Kongo to Charleston, South Carolina, as the Juba dance, which then slowly evolved into what is now known as Charleston. / ../ In African, however, the dance is called Juba or the Djouba. The name Charleston was given to the Juba dance by European Americans Africanisms in American Culture, The craze of the 20’s went into full swing when the choreographer Elida Webb Dawson, African- American dancer and choreographer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, introduced the Charleston in Runnin’ Wi