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The ''[[Grand Burlesque, Trial of Skill or Challenge Dance]]'' was a version of the famous "trial" or "challenge" dances[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=orsJVN4dhLsC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Trial+of+Skill+or+Challenge+Dance&source=bl&ots=i5fSofIt8S&sig=ACfU3U1t_Gc4tPpr4HbC9xXxHlEw0Oi02Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU5J3v9MHgAhVvTBUIHRLTClwQ6AEwC3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Trial%20of%20Skill%20or%20Challenge%20Dance&f=false] done by [[Minstrel]] companies in the early to mid-1800s. 

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== Performance history in South Africa ==

1865: A performance under this title was done in Cape Town on 25 November by the [[OIO Christy's]], when they joined forces with the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] for a farewell performance. The  evening also included performances of other pieces from [[Ray and Cooper]]'s own repertoire - ''[[Cousin Tom]]'' (Roberts) and ''[[The Virginia Mummy]]'' (Anon.).

== Sources ==

William John Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. University of Illinois Press: p.19[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=orsJVN4dhLsC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Trial+of+Skill+or+Challenge+Dance&source=bl&ots=i5fSofIt8S&sig=ACfU3U1t_Gc4tPpr4HbC9xXxHlEw0Oi02Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU5J3v9MHgAhVvTBUIHRLTClwQ6AEwC3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Trial%20of%20Skill%20or%20Challenge%20Dance&f=false]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.192

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