Wikimedia Commons has media related to Limbo (dance). ^ 'Lowest limbo by a woman - world record set by Shemika Charles'. On the first night, the bar would be at its lowest and would be gradually raised each successive night.^ 'Trinidad and Tobago Facts', Trinidad and Tobago Embassy, United States.^ 'Julia Edwards', Aspiring Minds Trinidad and Tobago.^ Hal Boyle, 'Limbo Dance Is Way To Reduce', Oil City Derrick Newspaper Archives, June 30, 1956, p.6.^ 'Legacies of slavery: dance | Revealing Histories'.
by Katherine McKittrick and Clyde Woods, 193-217. 'Mapping of Black Atlantic Performance Geographies: From Slave Ship to Ghetto.' In Black Geographies and the Politics of Place, ed. With music blaring and shouts of How low can you go echoing from the line of dancers, one person after another approaches the limbo pole and slowly bends.
^ 'Limbo | Definition of Limbo by Merriam-Webster'.Shemika's performance was not strong enough for the judges to send her to the Quarterfinals, eliminating her from the competition along with Aileen George and Jay Jay Phillips.The world record for lowest male limbo dance is held by Dennis Walston, who successfully attempted a 6 inch bar in March 1991. Next, she balanced five plates on five poles (with one pole in her mouth) while limbo dancing under another pole. Shemika Charles' Judge Cuts performance in Episode 1209 consisted of first limbo dancing under a flaming bar. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Simon Cowell all voted "Yes", sending Shemika to the Judge Cuts. Her audition in Episode 1203 consisted of limbo dancing underneath a low pole, a short obstacle course (with a pole on her chin), and finally under a truck. Her Vegas performance in Episode 611 was never televised, but her audition was not strong enough for the judges to send her to the Quarterfinals, eliminating her from the competition along with Kevin Shelley. She was sorted into the "Danger Acts" category. Shemika Charles was one of the Judges' Favorites in the Vegas Round. Piers Morgan, Howie Mandel, and Sharon Osbourne all voted "Yes," sending her to the Vegas Round. Shemika Charles's audition in Episode 608 consisted of limbo dancing underneath a low flaming limbo pole. Shemika is proud to represent her native country by holding the world record in a field that they invented. Her native twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is not only the home of the Steel Pan – the only musical instrument invented in the 20th century, but it is also the birthplace of the Limbo Dance. Guinness World Records Shemika Charles (USA) set a new Guinness World Record for the lowest limbo by a woman when she danced under a bar only 8.5 in (21.5 cm) from the ground on the set of Live What is the story behind limbo Lunar’s Theory The boy died in the forest and awakens in Limbo (which is the world between life and death). The Mayor of Buffalo declared October 8th 2010, Shemika Charles Day in honor of her first Guinness World Record. We must give respect where respect is due however. Shemika is a native of Trinidad and Tobago who now resides in Buffalo New York. Ah, limbo the ugly step-sister of the high jump, only found on cruise ships and at company Christmas parties. The press coverage circled the globe from the Today Show with Kathy and Hoda, The Huffington Post, The New York Post, Business Insider, Men's Fitness, Cosmopolitan Magazine to news outlets in India, United Kingdom, China, Kenya, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and Australia, to name a few. The internet exploded when she broke another record to be the first person to limbo under a car. she competed in Beijing, China where she won her 2nd Guinness World Record for "The Farthest Distance to Limbo under 12 inches." Her first record in 2010 still holds as the lowest limbo dancer in the world. Shemika Charles is a two-time Guinness World Record holder for Limbo Dancing.
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