Cornelius says in 2006 , black culture burst forth in fashion , music , dance . He says Gene Seymour contributed singular dance show with cross-cultural appeal . If you were a true dance aficionado , you waited every week for the `` 'Soul Train line '' in which improbably limber young couples enacted breathtaking inventories of what would become known as `` breaking '' and `` popping . '' He says the elite of black pop music performed ; 'Soul Train line '' showed teens how to dance . Seymour : Don Cornelius was self-made impresario , innovator who built cultural phoneomenon .
Cornelius says in 2006 , black culture burst forth in fashion , music , dance . He says Gene Seymour contributed singular dance show with cross-cultural appeal . He says the elite of black pop music performed ; 'Soul Train line '' showed teens how to dance . Seymour : Don Cornelius was self-made impresario , innovator who built cultural phoneomenon .