ENTITY · CONCEPT

Dancehall dance lineage

Well supported

Dancehall dances have authors, names and dates, which is unusual and makes them traceable. A move is created, named, carried by a record, taken up by the floor and then displaced by the next one — Bogle to Butterfly to Willie Bounce to Dutty Wine and on. Following that line is the closest thing the music has to a documented movement history.

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At a glance

Type: concept →
Era: Street dances and micro-economies →
Confidence: Well supported

Connections

Media & sources

Articles & sources

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Jamaica Observer — Out There Without Fear: Jamaica's Dancehall

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Clickable source for Dance Jamaica, Weddy Weddy and documentary context.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedDancehall bodies, voices and vibes men

The record is only part of it. Dancehall is also a dance vocabulary, a weekly street calendar and a man on a microphone whose job is to make the room feel like something.

Debate & reception

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commentary

Dancers are authors of dancehall history

Dancehall dance creators and crews should be credited as cultural authors, not treated only as background performers in artist stories.

Stance: artist-centred history vs dancer authorship