Anything that can be done with straightforward ease is said to be a "cakewalk." Any action that is "not a cakewalk" is, of course, difficult and complicated. No surprise, right? But stay with me a ...

LITTLE MYSTERY surrounds the origin of the song and dance called the cakewalk. It followed a well-noted path from the ancient African Circle Dance to the New York stage of the 1890s, where it took its ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A “cakewalk,” replicating a dance performed by African-Americans during and after the Civil War, is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, July 7, at Congress Park. Blacks were ...

Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the original contests. The dancers wear rather formal ...