{"id":1825,"date":"2025-02-10T05:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2025-02-09T13:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T21:50:31","slug":"spotlight-on-stepping-just-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/spotlight-on-stepping-just-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Stepping (Just Dance)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spotlight on Stepping (Just Dance)<\/em>
\nby Mel Hammond (Author)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Get ready to stomp, step, and clap! Discover stepping from its beginnings in Black communities to how people perform and celebrate this type of dance today. Then try it yourself! <\/p>\n

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\"Nonfiction<\/p>\n

It’s Nonfiction Monday!<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spotlight on Stepping (Just Dance) by Mel Hammond (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Get ready to stomp, step, and clap! Discover stepping from its beginnings in Black communities to how people perform and celebrate this type of dance today. Then try it yourself! Snippet: It’s Nonfiction Monday! Copyright \u00a9 2025 Anastasia Suen All Rights … <\/p>\n

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