The Challenge Dance

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

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 farces"). These performances all took place in Young Men's Institute and Club,