How to Dance the Charleston

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • Learn how to dance the Charleston with Esie Mensah and David Forteau.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 210

  • @JustCass945
    @JustCass945 Рік тому +81

    My grandma likes telling stories about my great-grandma, who ran away from home to America in the VERY late 1800s (she was 16).
    She tells me that my great grandma LOVEDDDD dancing and singing, and how she was very beautiful. She says her favorite dance was the Charleston, so i would love to learn!
    Love you, Great Grandma Silvia!

  • @WarmthRainThunder
    @WarmthRainThunder 3 роки тому +590

    Love this dance- I can do it until people start paying attention and I lose train of thought. Then my legs get out of sync 😭💀🤣

  • @A_Strawberry
    @A_Strawberry 5 років тому +899

    It's the 20's boys

    • @rexjolles
      @rexjolles 2 роки тому +42

      Famous last words

    • @silverblood9456
      @silverblood9456 2 роки тому +48

      @@rexjolles Expected a swing revival, got a pandemic and the great depression

    • @gatsbymaguire
      @gatsbymaguire 2 роки тому +22

      @@silverblood9456 they forgot to start the pandemic in 2018 and that the depression doesn't start until the 2030s

    • @MC32595
      @MC32595 2 роки тому +3

      @@silverblood9456 right 😂😔

    • @CoolSkeleton95-go9fu
      @CoolSkeleton95-go9fu Рік тому +3

      And soon the 20's will reference the 2020's, not the 1920's

  • @BillDownhill
    @BillDownhill Рік тому +125

    That dance move is literally 100 years old. Pretty wild seeing it incorporated into modern dance.

  • @kimmorris9664
    @kimmorris9664 11 місяців тому +19

    Figured out how to do the dance because of this, it’s the 20’s now buster!

  • @reneechavez2177
    @reneechavez2177 4 роки тому +110

    So awesome to find Black folks dancing our dances!!♥️ sharing with my 300 plus students in Miami💦💯 🎩👑

    • @jefflh9200
      @jefflh9200 4 роки тому +4

      renee chavez our?

    • @Donirexian
      @Donirexian 4 роки тому +36

      @@jefflh9200 the dance was originally created by African Americans

    • @jefflh9200
      @jefflh9200 4 роки тому +1

      @@Donirexian i know that

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 2 роки тому

      So weird to see black folks using technology that’s not theirs

    • @venusluv-i1v
      @venusluv-i1v 2 роки тому +18

      @@jefflh9200 The person said "our" because they themselves are more than likely black.

  • @You-lw7cn
    @You-lw7cn 3 роки тому +95

    Thanks!
    I have to come up with choreography for a class I'm taking and my group decided we wanted a tiny bit of the charleston dance in there and most of us didn't know how to do it
    This was so short and simple and now we can carry on with our choreography!

  • @saviecee
    @saviecee 3 місяці тому +1

    I love her voice. It’s so clear

  • @LathyrusRoots
    @LathyrusRoots 3 роки тому +18

    i've never been interested in dance at all. i can waltz, which i think is 'installed' by default.
    this two minutes started a tempo, then built it to completion with expert instruction in such a pleasant way, so smoooothly i just...
    wow, that was cool. and? i can totes do the Charleston.

  • @valm3809
    @valm3809 5 місяців тому +1

    I have so much admiration for professional dancers they’re a delight to watch

  • @zalamael
    @zalamael Рік тому +1

    Interracial couple dancing to the Charleston, we need more of this in society, it would put an end to the usual racism conflict narrative.

    • @dnrspdr03canadian95
      @dnrspdr03canadian95 10 місяців тому

      First off they're not interracial, they're both African American. Secondly Hollywood is doing exactly what you just said and it's backfiring big time, it's only made racism go up if you ask me.

  • @eggy7346
    @eggy7346 Рік тому +12

    I stumbled upon a version of the Charleston on an Instagram reel and oddly enough, it got me interested in learning how to dance
    There's a Halloween party coming up in my city and I wanna let loose for once instead of sitting at the bar with my friends like last year

  • @Starlight_16
    @Starlight_16 3 роки тому +8

    They are great dancers, and she is so beautiful!!

  • @VictoriaEPines
    @VictoriaEPines 2 роки тому +16

    Yessssss🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 rehearsing for Godspell and wanted to learn how to Charleston to “Bless the Lord” (the ending). Thank you soooo much!!!! This was excellent teaching!!!!

  • @FLeigh12
    @FLeigh12 9 місяців тому +2

    Well. If that wasn't the dopest, coolest, swaggest lil presentation.! Nicholas Brothers at the end. LOVED ❤

  • @zvipatent
    @zvipatent Рік тому +5

    Mom taught me this. Didn't get much chance ot do it at dances, etc., but like to do it at home. BTW, these folks are great !

  • @gwenshin
    @gwenshin 15 днів тому

    30 min of 1920s dancing beats 30 min on the treadmill any day!

  • @Lesliestevens92.1fm
    @Lesliestevens92.1fm 10 днів тому

    She is an amazing teacher! So easy to do and she made it fun.. thank you!!!!❤❤❤❤❤ So easy!!!

  • @LilXancheX
    @LilXancheX 10 місяців тому +1

    This is like shuffling in the 60’s 😂

    • @Cairybow
      @Cairybow 10 місяців тому

      Almost, its the 1920s actually 😋

  • @Patchy_Skillz
    @Patchy_Skillz 5 днів тому

    The Charleston Chew candies is named after this iconic dance!

  • @kkegg
    @kkegg 3 місяці тому +4

    Turkey tom invented this back during the transatlantic trade he saw everyone sad and depressed so he decided to cheer them up by inventing a jolly dance

    • @gzimmer211
      @gzimmer211 3 місяці тому +1

      @@kkegg this is true btw

  • @MsLemon42
    @MsLemon42 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks! I'm going to try to get the other social studies teacher to do a dance with me at the next school talent show haha

  • @na-yo2ji
    @na-yo2ji 4 роки тому +29

    For the 1920s making a comeback in 2020, I am going to learn at least one 1920s dance move

    • @jackphantom
      @jackphantom 4 роки тому +5

      Art Deco revival would be nice as well

  • @BonShula
    @BonShula 4 місяці тому +12

    Turkey Tom taught me this

  • @MelancholicFools
    @MelancholicFools 4 роки тому +17

    She has a great voice, she should do voice overa

  • @fearlesssfcappuccino
    @fearlesssfcappuccino 5 років тому +161

    Love it. Simple, short, clear, lovely vid; thank you for making this!!

  • @Silverwish30
    @Silverwish30 Рік тому +2

    So how do I explain that I’m here because of an animated dancing cat…

  • @ruthannewagner271
    @ruthannewagner271 3 місяці тому +1

    CRUSHIN’ bugs LOVE. Many thanks for cool instructions :)

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 3 роки тому +8

    Damn, your skin is absolutely flawless! Such a beautiful color!

  • @AnHero0624
    @AnHero0624 8 місяців тому

    Not me watching this video while eating a Charleston chew and showing my bf how to dance. I love this era in history.

  • @lizzwalker7417
    @lizzwalker7417 2 роки тому +1

    Listen, I just started taking tap classes, and my group is already preparing for a recital 🥴. Why have I always been able to do the Charleston when I'm playing around or just dancing for fun, but the minute I put on tap shoes and see that it's part of the dance routine my legs and feet don't work? I'm really struggling🤣, but I'm glad I found this video. Yall did a great job teaching the steps. Imma properly squish those bugs in no time!

  • @gilmotier
    @gilmotier 4 місяці тому +1

    Everybody do this dance while you're still healthy and capable! I can't do it now because I broke my hip when I sneezed after a street urchin threw a pocket full of lint, dandruff, and cat dander in my face for a lark. I was in Charleston at the time and when the locals found out I was no longer able to do the special native dance, they tarred and feathered me and ran me right out of town on a rail. I'd never been so humiliated in my life for free.

  • @abyssGazerTV
    @abyssGazerTV Рік тому +1

    I can't believe people did something this complex for fun back in the day.

  • @DragonXDrei
    @DragonXDrei 10 місяців тому +1

    And now they call it The Shuffle, and people think i's new.

  • @ylandryrati
    @ylandryrati 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much❤

  • @KidAstronaut
    @KidAstronaut Рік тому

    BLACK PEOPLE!!!! I was looking for the history of the dance and thats the first thing ya'll said. INSTANTLY almost shed a tear. Thank you!!!!

  • @conspiracyjen85
    @conspiracyjen85 3 місяці тому

    Omg the hair has got me tickled because that curly Afro is definitely how they used to wear their hair.

  • @thelibertymomma8304
    @thelibertymomma8304 Рік тому +2

    thank you, very helpful for a history presentation! love the outfits, really fits the style back then

  • @davidalen9279
    @davidalen9279 5 років тому +85

    Love the period costuming. Thank you for sharing!

    • @LightYagami-xl1wz
      @LightYagami-xl1wz 2 роки тому +2

      It’s not even historically accurate AT ALL. Why is she wearing an afro in the 1920’s? That didn’t come until 50 years later!

    • @marvin4239
      @marvin4239 Рік тому +9

      @@LightYagami-xl1wz This is why girls won't dance with you

    • @dolphinman9896
      @dolphinman9896 10 місяців тому +1

      @@LightYagami-xl1wz that's her natural hair, it always existed? 💀

  • @loua5269
    @loua5269 4 роки тому +47

    you made it look so easy - thank you for doing this!!! for a short video, i learned a lot.

  • @AntonDogg
    @AntonDogg Рік тому +2

    Excellent!! Great dancers, both of you!

  • @trevosh15
    @trevosh15 2 роки тому +3

    It's the 20s, which means it's time to bring back the charleston

  • @mattx5499
    @mattx5499 4 дні тому

    I'm pretty sure I was dancing messy version of Charleston on Punk Rock festival when I was drunk like hell. It influenced pogo.

  • @shortstupidmagicfilms9574
    @shortstupidmagicfilms9574 2 роки тому +4

    Amazing! Thanks for this straight forward tutorial. I'm using this for a commercial acting audition 😅

  • @BlackCat-pm9qr
    @BlackCat-pm9qr Рік тому +1

    This song epitomizes what people today want to think the 1920s was like. The truth is that this song and dance was a minor craze in 1925 and was viewed by the majority of people as an amusing novelty at best and vulgar and low class at worst. Most people preferred waltzes and fox-trots. If you want to hear what normal 1920s music sounded like listen to the Colonial Club Orchestra, Regent Club Orchestra on the Brunswick label or The Troubadours or Nat Shilkret on Victor. The real 1920s sound was romantic, heavy on strings with vocals by tenors but I know that isn't what people today want to hear.... since they are obsessed with hot jazz and race music and then project their preferences on the past.

  • @F.ursthest
    @F.ursthest 2 місяці тому +2

    Turkey Tom needs to do this already

  • @alexandrae430
    @alexandrae430 Рік тому +3

    I appreciate the history lesson!! Also this was the best description! Feeling more confident with this move 😌

  • @solet579
    @solet579 3 роки тому +8

    Estupenda explicació! Senzilla, clara, divertida!

  • @BooDotBoo
    @BooDotBoo 7 місяців тому

    I actually really love this dance. People think I’m crazy doing it and this is why I don’t go to clubs. 😂

  • @Ticklebrush
    @Ticklebrush 4 роки тому +7

    ok shes gorgeous woah

    • @daisymay6505
      @daisymay6505 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed, she’s REALLY beautiful 😍❤️

  • @Zuri_the_elfWCUE
    @Zuri_the_elfWCUE 3 роки тому +1

    Is nobody talking about how PRETTY she is?

  • @Spamkromite
    @Spamkromite 6 місяців тому

    Amazing, I'm trying to study this dance to make a 3D character dance it and this video has helped me with the essentials and the rest of the stylish freedom this dance gives you :)

  • @rpaterson6784
    @rpaterson6784 3 роки тому +6

    Oof, i’m so bad at dancing but I’ve always wanted to learn this one, I think I need a broken down board. It was fun to try tho. The second I start twisting my brain is like no

    • @Cairybow
      @Cairybow 10 місяців тому +1

      i get you 😭 all these comments are like "wow this qas so helpful thank you" but i cant figure it out

    • @EradicatorX
      @EradicatorX 8 місяців тому

      same

  • @LyrenaWithAnxiety
    @LyrenaWithAnxiety 7 місяців тому

    Step one: okay, yeah, I got it
    Step two: both legs are broken, tied in a knot

  • @NoCommentaryLife
    @NoCommentaryLife 3 роки тому +2

    Holy. This is so short but the best tutorial

  • @zeraghtul6834
    @zeraghtul6834 10 місяців тому

    This is my favorite dance, I look forward to practicing it.

  • @bezoticallyyours83
    @bezoticallyyours83 Рік тому

    Elegant and energetic.

  • @maidinthamiddle
    @maidinthamiddle 9 місяців тому

    You both are so beautiful! I'm a sandlapper for life. Love it!

  • @santosalonzo123
    @santosalonzo123 2 роки тому +1

    Ya'll are awesome!!!👏😁😉

  • @SproutCosplays05
    @SproutCosplays05 Рік тому +3

    I’m just learning it for a miku dance heh

  • @stevenkoehler6018
    @stevenkoehler6018 6 місяців тому

    Please-More Charleston videos!!!

  • @vdubing01
    @vdubing01 8 місяців тому

    Yall look so good doing it too!!!! 😊

  • @Gatorbitten
    @Gatorbitten Рік тому

    I remember this, learning this in school.

  • @lmay007
    @lmay007 11 місяців тому +3

    I love that you danced the Charleston😄

  • @rileybear836
    @rileybear836 Рік тому

    I can’t dance, so I’d be useless in the 20s but god I love watching people with rhythm just go go go

  • @truepenny2514
    @truepenny2514 Рік тому

    I’d love to learn this - it looks so free and fun -

  • @hogskins3043
    @hogskins3043 8 місяців тому

    I wanted to learn the Charleston after watching the cast do the dance on Family Matters.

  • @katlee3036
    @katlee3036 6 років тому +35

    *A* *N* *K* *L* *E* break

  • @crazyleaf257
    @crazyleaf257 Рік тому

    Love the visuals and graphics!!

  • @tonks78
    @tonks78 7 місяців тому

    You're amazing! ❤❤😊

  • @thesmilingknight4982
    @thesmilingknight4982 Рік тому

    thanks so much for a wonderful easy following tutorial ^^ just gotta train a bit more then i have it

  • @melandjon2
    @melandjon2 Рік тому

    Kid n Play! AKA Charleston. 😊❤

  • @AwesomeDude799
    @AwesomeDude799 3 роки тому +4

    *I'm afraid I haven't been a very good Host, Old Sport.*

  • @longWriter
    @longWriter 2 роки тому +2

    It's simpler than I'd thought---for years, I'd thought that the dance step where you're touching your hands with your thighs and having your hands trade places when your knees touch was the Charleston...I guess I wasn't *exactly* wrong, but I wasn't exactly right, either!

  • @leverdia
    @leverdia 2 роки тому

    Attractive, Talented dancers...thank you for the tutorial

  • @Darkanight
    @Darkanight Рік тому

    I love this video... I always find myself coming back here from time to time.

  • @hpb8859
    @hpb8859 5 років тому +4

    Thank you

  • @morbid6six6
    @morbid6six6 3 роки тому +4

    I see it, I understand it. But, I don’t know that I can accomplish it lol

  • @YTSupremacist
    @YTSupremacist 4 місяці тому

    "Want to come back to my place and do the horizontal Charleston"

  • @anthonywomack2260
    @anthonywomack2260 2 роки тому +1

    The Rock brought me here 😂😂

  • @PunditKING
    @PunditKING Рік тому

    You'll look great doing the Charlestown, try it.

  • @DanMehmet-yy1ly
    @DanMehmet-yy1ly 9 місяців тому

    People on tik tok calling this astro slide lmao. As a Bboy we were always told to learn the history of the styles

  • @jonathanguillarme3118
    @jonathanguillarme3118 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for this outstanding video

  • @michaelmartin4079
    @michaelmartin4079 2 роки тому

    wow... ya'll are good dancers. Keep it up.

  • @delenamiller5948
    @delenamiller5948 2 роки тому

    Beautiful couple, very classy- and helpful!

  • @21neuroticelle
    @21neuroticelle 2 роки тому

    im doing my schools production of anything goes and this helps a lot

  • @tomriska4148
    @tomriska4148 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent, but, with two replacement joints I'll sit and admire those (like YOURSELVES) who can hoof it. Thank you! BTW...I was a fairly decent dancer until about 7 years ago (okay, on three, everyone cry for me.....lol.) BTW, I could've done his last move easily....then.... no more kids for me.

  • @w7b9
    @w7b9 Рік тому

    I have to do this for an academic grade

  • @buddyfett1341
    @buddyfett1341 Рік тому

    You guys are awesome. Have a Great Gatsby themed party tomorrow night. Looking up 20s moves.

  • @seancraven-tf6ec
    @seancraven-tf6ec 3 місяці тому

    Better than what kids do these days

  • @baeber
    @baeber 6 місяців тому

    moist critikal actually made this dance back in the 1920s my source trust me I was there

  • @edward002gaming
    @edward002gaming Рік тому

    You meen ive been doing the Charleston this whole time without noticing it

  • @jelly-wv1mn
    @jelly-wv1mn Рік тому

    Puedo hacerlo descalza?

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 Рік тому

    wush i had learned to dance the charleston when i was 18. i'm 52 now and never could dance

  • @lindybeige
    @lindybeige 6 років тому +32

    If it was invented in Charleston, how come the first time its originator danced it, it was 'on Broadway'? For a lesson in how to dance to period music, it would have been nice to have used some period music instead of this modern thuddy stuff.

    • @fortunatejeremy
      @fortunatejeremy 5 років тому +2

      Lol after watching so many of your videos I'm not surprised you're a nit-picker about about period dances.

    • @user-ih6vs3eg3o
      @user-ih6vs3eg3o 4 роки тому +1

      I know right and as someone who takes great interest in the period his white tie and tails are all over the place

    • @geekchic8495
      @geekchic8495 4 роки тому +3

      Because he invented it WHILE IN Charleston, but just performed it in front of people for the first time on Broadway. It's not rocket science 🙄🤣.

    • @geekchic8495
      @geekchic8495 4 роки тому +5

      Oh, and this "modern thuddy stuff" still has musical elements of the 1920s. Loosen up a little.

    • @useyournogos6845
      @useyournogos6845 3 роки тому +1

      I kinda agree though, the original music would have been better

  • @InsideEquestrian
    @InsideEquestrian 3 роки тому +1

    Does anyone know the name of the song in the beginning?

  • @amelialindsay5678
    @amelialindsay5678 Рік тому

    You look like you’re floating ❤️

  • @godscountry6473
    @godscountry6473 Рік тому +1

    Well, part of it, at least.

  • @vellbariaofficial
    @vellbariaofficial Рік тому

    Kidsongs got me learn this dance

  • @f.m.r.1437
    @f.m.r.1437 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful people and so talented. Blacks all seem to know how to dance the night away. Good for them.