Go with the Flow: Community, Virality, and the Politics of Dancing

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

Music History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Music

4.7 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Lost Notes presents a story about Soul Train, the Slauson Shuffle, and what’s lost – and found – when a regional dance suddenly belongs to the world.

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0:00.0	Hey Michael.
0:01.3	Yes, Novena.
0:02.2	This might seem like a random question, but it's not.
0:05.6	Who was your favorite dancer on Soul Train?
0:08.4	Oh, it's been a minute since I thought about that.
0:11.8	Oh, Rosie Perez.
0:13.6	100%.
0:14.3	100%.
0:15.1	Mine too.
0:15.8	Oh, my God.
0:16.9	She was just so fierce with it, especially whenever she got on the line.
0:20.7	But, you know, now what I'm thinking about it, when I saw her dance on Soul Train, I didn't know she was Rosie Perez.
0:26.2	I didn't figure that out until she was into the right thing.
0:28.9	Before that, she was just that fierce dancer on Soul Train.
0:31.6	Right.
0:32.2	I mean, a lot of people probably didn't know the names of the dancers on the show.
0:35.9	But every one of them was somebody,
0:37.8	and they all came from somewhere. And most of them were either from L.A. or based in L.A.
0:42.9	And most were just teenagers when they were discovered at local clubs and put on the show.
0:47.8	Hey, hold on now. I think I know why you asked this, especially since this is Lost Notes from
0:52.8	KCRW.
0:57.9	Is this just a question about Soul Train, or are we going to talk about that and other dance-related things from L.A.? That's right. I've been thinking a lot about dancing and where
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