McClodden originally learned the dance for a video project she did in 2018. That led to an evolution in style that was distinct from what white dancers were doing.
But Bandstand’s discriminatory admission policies created a predominantly white show, forcing Black teenagers to find their own spaces. In an ambitious new exhibition at The Shed in Manhattan, artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden presents a survey of contemporary Black dance, including a large-scale video portrait of Audrey and June Donaldson, a married couple who are prominent teachers of a dance that was once central to social life in Black Philadelphia: the Philly Bop.Ī form of swing dance that evolved from the Lindy Hop, the Philly Bop emerged in the 1950s alongside Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, one of the most popular television shows in the country, which was filmed in the city.
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