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Historian and Author Mark Mathews will present "Swinging through American History at the Harlem Senior Center on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:00 p.m.
The Harlem Senior Center and the Harlem Public Library will host the Montana Conversations program "Swinging Through American History" with Mark Matthews on February 20. The program will be at Harlem Senior Center at 7 P.M. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's Cultural Trust, and private donations.
Mark Matthews, historian and author of "Swinging through American History," will take you back to the ballrooms, taverns, juke joints, honky tonks and dance emporiums of the past as he explains the manner in which American dancing evolved with certain social changes--and, how certain dances stimulated changes in American social life.
The spectrum of historic dances runs from the colonial English country dance to the French quadrille to the American square dance and the waltz; plus modern movements such as the one-steps, the Charleston, Lindy hop, mambo, twist and disco.
Mark will encourage the more adventurous audience members out of their chairs and onto their feet to experience the joy of movement.
Mark's books include "Square You Sets: The Birth of American Social Dancing"; "Promenading toward Democracy: The Great Square Dance Revival"; "Cakewalking out of Slavery: A Study of Racism in America"; and "Jitterbugging across the Colorline: Desegregating the Dance Floor."
For more information, please call the Harlem Senior Center at 353-2971.
