How to Dance the Charleston

Learn how to dance the Charleston with Esie Mensah and David Forteau.

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[WarmthRainThunder]

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 😭💀🤣

[BillDownhill]

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

[JustCass]

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!

[kimmorris]

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

[reneechavez]

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

[You-lwcn]

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!

[FLeigh]

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

[eddy]

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_]

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

[fearlesssfcappuccino]

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

[davidalen]

Love the period costuming. Thank you for sharing!

[VictoriaEPines]

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

[zvipatent]

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 !

[LathyrusRoots]

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.

[MelancholicFools]

She has a great voice, she should do voice overa

[loua]

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

[alexandrae]

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

[na-yoji]

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

[Darkanight]

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

[AntonDogg]

Excellent!! Great dancers, both of you!