- Yet all is in character, all in keeping, and in exquisite time...
Birmingham Journal. December 16, 1848
- To us, the most interesting part of the performance was the exact time, which, even in the most complicated and difficult steps, the dancer kept to the music. He appears to be quite an enthusiast in his art, and every round of applause he received seemed to stimulate him to fresh exertion.
Manchester Guardian. October 18. 1848
- The manner in which he beats time with his feet, and the extraordinary command he possesses over them, can only be believed by those who have been present at the exhibition. [Note]
Observer, June 12, 1848
- Mr. Pell would take it as a great favour if the Audience will keep as quite [sic] as possible during Master Juba's Dances; by doing so, they will hear the exact time he keeps with his extraordinary steps.
Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. October 28, 1848
- In his pas, cuts, shuffles, double shuffles, pirouettes, in ever motion of his limbs or body, he keeps the most exact time, and executes some of the most astonishing feats that ever were witnessed in the dancing phenomenon.
Manchester Examiner. October 21, 1848
- ...the dancing of Juba is unlike anything ever seen in this country. The mannerism which he beats time with his feet, and the extraordinary command he possesses over them, can only be believed by those who have bee present at his exhibition.
Herald, June 12, 1848
- The dances he introduced were distinguished for eccentricity, rapidity of motion, and the accuracy of the time kept.
Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser. Oct 18, 1848
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