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Jazz Steps I – The Essentials
Years ago, you could sit up and look at the chorus lines, all the the dance steps that they were doing. Eventually somebody would come along and lift one of those combinations out and make a dance out of it, like The Suzie – Q or the boogie woogie. I think that’s how trucking’ came about. Now, trucking’ could have originally been a step that some choreography or producer saw a kid doing on the street. Maybe it didn’t even have a name first. On the other hand, some dancer in the chorus could have made it up. Most of the time we couldn’t trace exactly, where these authentic jazz steps and dances originated. It’s clear that they have evolved as a part of black dance styles. But all we really knew was that they were here!
Class Act: The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins” By Cholly Atkins, Jacqui Malone (page 200)