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Where does the name of the Charleston dance come from?

Charleston, South Carolina
Lord Edward Charleston
Charles Lindbergh
Charleston Building, Chicago
The dance was named by composer James P. Johnson for the harbor city of Charleston. Johnson said he first heard the rhythm from Charleston dockworkers.
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it resembled a fox's attack because the tempo of steps based on syncopated counting slow-slow-fast-f
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Bohemia
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