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Anonyme: Le Cake Walk, Switzerland ca. 1903

Image of Anonyme: Le Cake Walk, Switzerland ca. 1903

A very funny snapshot!

This couple does a crazy dance together. The man is holding a walking stick, the lady a branch. On the back the photo is entitled "Le Cake Walk". The cakewalk is a dance originally danced by black American slaves. The dance is originally a satirical imitation of formal European dances and is characterized by the exaggerated movements of the dancers. The Cakewalk may have developed as a subtle mockery of the mannered dances of white slaveholders.

Dated Septembre 24, 1903 in Baumaroche sur Vevey, Switzerland.

ca. 9,5 x 12 cm