“Dancing Down the Midway: 1893”
I’m so happy to share my Winter 2025 belly dance history course, “Dancing Down the Midway: 1893.”
During this four-session belly dance slide-history course, we’ll take a deep dive into the venues on the Midway Plaisance of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.
We are going to begin with an overview of the fair and a history of the exhibitions that lead up to Chicago in 1893. Then we will zoom into the Midway Plaisance and look at the surviving primary source material featuring entertainers and the stages where they performed.
- Part 1: Setting the Stage (Now Available!)
- Part 2: Cultures and Exhibits on the Midway
- Part 3: Dancers on the Midway
- Part 4: Personalities, People, and Myth Busting
- Part 5: Q&A wrap up (TBA Pending Questions)
These four sessions each include 50 slides featuring primary source diagrams, maps, illustrations, and photographs. Then I’ll wrap things up and in fifth and final talk, pending questions and queiries.
The slide deck above is a quick flip of “Part 1: Setting the Stage.” Now available on Patreon at the $15 Tier.
Check it out – and if it’s a good fit and the right price, join me for this deep dive into the archives!
Dawn Devine ~ Davina
Jan, 2025