{"id":10063,"date":"2023-11-13T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=10063"},"modified":"2023-11-13T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:17:34","slug":"san-francisco-world-fair-1894","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2023\/11\/san-francisco-world-fair-1894\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco World Fair 1894"},"content":{"rendered":"

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California Midwinter
\nInternational Exposition of 1894:
\nSan Francisco World Fair<\/span><\/h1>\n

Dance History Snacks with Dawn Devine<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Many dancers are familiar with the Chicago World Fair of 1893. It was a pivotal moment in the flow of dance history. When the United States became aware of the belly dance.\u00a0 After the Chicago Midway closed down, several groups of entertainers made their way to San Francisco. These acts appeared at the California Midwinter International Exhibition of 1894.<\/span><\/p>\n

This fair ran from January 27 to July 5 in Golden Gate Park. This fair was the brain-child of Michael DeYoung, a San Francisco-based newspaperman who founded The San Francisco Chronicle.\u00a0 DeYoung served as a national commissioner for the Chicago World Fair and decided to host a smaller, but no less exciting version the following year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Belly Dancers in San Francisco 1894<\/h2>\n

Although often overlooked by historians of dance, this San Francisco World’s Fair hosted many cultural dancers who took the opportunity to stay in the US following the close of the Chicago Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n

My current archival research project focuses on the dancers at this exhibition.\u00a0 Throughout the coming months, I’ll be making trips 35 miles north to San Francisco to explore the collections of the San Francisco Historical Society archives and the California Reading Room at the San Francisco Main Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crave More Than A Snack?
\nMonthly History Talks on Patreon<\/h2>\n

If you’re interested in taking deep dives into dance history, come join me over on Patreon<\/a> where I host slide-talks that cover a wide variety of belly dance-related history subjects.\u00a0 Each month, I upload a 30-60 minute dance history talk.<\/span><\/p>\n