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''[[The Challenge Dance]]'' is the name of a performance piece done by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]]
  
 
Based on the tradition of "challenge dances" brought over from the USA by the [[Christy's Minstrels]].   
 
Based on the tradition of "challenge dances" brought over from the USA by the [[Christy's Minstrels]].   
  
1869: Performed in the in [[Young Men's Institute and Club]], Cape Town, during 1869. , The performances in 1869 included  , ''[[The Photographic Salon]]'', ''[[Wha'rs Your Ticket]]'', ''[[Who Stole the Chickens]]'', ''[[Executive Lovers]]'',  ''[[The Dentist's Shop]]'', ''[[The White Statue]]'', ''[[Polka Maria]]'', ''[[Othello]]'' (described as a "Ethiopian [[Burlesque]] in 3 Acts"). In 1870 they did ''[[Shylock, or De Old Clothes Merchant of Venice]]'' ("Grand Ethiopian [[Burlesque]]"), ''[[Rochester Knockings]]'' (or ''[[The Magic Leg]]''?) , ''[[Caught by the Cuff]]'', ''[[Full Private Perkins]]'' and ''[[The Rival Lovers]]'' (the latter two referred to as "[[Nigger farce|nigger farces]]").  These performances all took place in [[Young Men's Institute and Club]],
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See further '''[[Amateur Coloured Troupe]]'''
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==Sources==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 278-9
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Revision as of 05:53, 3 October 2018

The Challenge Dance is the name of a performance piece done by the Amateur Coloured Troupe

Based on the tradition of "challenge dances" brought over from the USA by the Christy's Minstrels.

See further Amateur Coloured Troupe

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 278-9


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions