Talk:Stepping (African-American)

Stomp the Yard
In regards to the line "Popularized in the movie Stomp the Yard (2007).", how can the dances be popularized by a movie that has not come out yet. --Teleute 01/09/07 11:06 PST
 * yeah, poor terminology. I think that this movie may bring stepping to a wider audience, tho.

The movie may bring main steam attention, but stepping has been popular for decades in the African American community. Absolon S. Kent 16:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Stomp the Yard popularized stepping, to an outsider, in the greek aspect. It was portrayed that the frats were mainly focused on the step show, then what greek organizations are about. Although it is a movie, it may have given off a more socialized view for African-American fraternities, then a unity of brotherhood and community outreach organization. Erikaaa09 (talk) 01:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikaaa09 (talk • contribs) 00:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Dance
I'm not sure if I agree with this article being incorporated into the "dance" portal; it is my belief that stepping it its own unique dance form, and while dance may be incorporated in step routines, stepping is no more a form of dance than, say, cheerleading is. Thoughts? Littledrummrboy 16:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * There is a form of dance call "Steppin", .but I don't think this is the same. May want to remove it from the WikiProject. Absolon S. Kent 16:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Stepping is recognized as a form of percussive dance on its own merit, although the term "stepping" is also used as a slang term for hand dancing. in contrast, cheerleading is an activity that may incorporate various forms of dance, including stepping. A better comparison to stepping would be tap dance.-Robotam 15:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Possible dubious statement
I'm unsure of the following statement:
 * "Some forms of stepping include the use of canes, handguns, swords, knives and sometimes the wearing of masks."

I've heard of canes and masks, but where do we get handguns, swords and knives? Absolon S. Kent 16:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

The most I've seen have been props intended to mimic handguns or semi-automatics; I have encountered machetes being used. Still, the statement would be better suited to read something akin to "the use of canes and other props." Littledrummrboy 19:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I removed the statement, which was nonsense.-Robotam 14:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

JAMAA
Metros continues to remove the reference to JAMAA simply because he doesn't like me and reverts all my edits, but since JAMAA is now a fully restored article with cited sources, there is no reason why JAMAA should not be mentioned on this page. I happen to be a member of my local JAMAA chapter and I can tell you that the majority of members are steppers, and steppers in my community are encouraged to join JAMAA. Rhythmnation2004 14:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Move
This page should be moved to either "Stepping (dance)" or "Stepping (art)" because not all stepping is African-American. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016C4sUj5_8&feature=player_embedded —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.58.137.241 (talk) 17:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh... funny you should mention that, as racism has since prevailed yet again, and the 'real' winners of the competition have been named as 'co-winners'. Because, naturally, white folk need to learn their place (sadly, I'm not exaggerating. The decision was made in response to outrage that included claims that white people shouldn't be allowed to compete).
 * More on point with the suggestion to move, I'd be inclined to suggest that it's (currently) fine where it is. Even though not all stepping is african american, it's still very much a part of african american culture more than anyone else's. Moving to 'dancing' would certainly be acceptable, except that could make it somewhat ambiguous considering that there's also a step dance. So it'd be stepping (dance) and step dance. Even though it would be a bit longer, I'd actually suggest stepping (percussive dance) if you want to move it, just to make it easier to read at a glance. 72.88.100.169 (talk) 03:06, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Stroll
Why is the term "stroll" mentioned in this article, yet not explained? 173.88.241.33 (talk) 01:39, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:African-American gospel which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 23:18, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Drumfolk
There is a lack of sources in this article, but one that may be useful is Drumfolk, a dance performance by Step Afrika which tells the story of Stepping and its roots in the Stono Rebellion. B9 (talk) 04:58, 19 April 2023 (UTC)


 * https://www.stepafrika.org/events/step-afrika-virtual-premiere-stono/ B9 (talk) 05:00, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * CBS This Morning: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YILTa6VLY0o B9 (talk) 05:10, 19 April 2023 (UTC)