Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular DanceSchirmer Books, 1979 - 464 Seiten Artists like Bill Robinson, King Rastus Brown, John Bubbles, Honi Coles and others who speak to us in this book, are our Nijinskys, Daighilevs, Balanchines, and Grahams. There are so many books on ballet and modern dance. There are still a few on tap dance and they are so cavalierly allowed to go out of print even though the interest in them is so deep and sustaining. |
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Prologue | 1 |
PART ONE Prehistory | 9 |
Africa and the West Indies | 11 |
Urheberrecht | |
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20th Century-Fox FL acrobatic African America SS American Dance audience Baby Laurence ballet ballroom band Barton became Bill Robinson Bradley Broadway Buck Buddy Cakewalk chapter Charleston Chicago Cholly Cholly Atkins choreographer chorus class acts colored comedian comedy Condos Corp Cotton Club Dixon Drayton Eddie Rector feet film Fred Astaire further quotes George girls Greenlee Groundhog Harland Dixon Harlem Harvest Moon Ball Honi Coles Hoofers Club improvised Jack James jazz Jitterbug John Bubbles Juba later legs Lindy MGM FL Miller minstrel minstrelsy movements Negro dancers never Newport Nicholas Brothers numerous interviews orchestra performed played popular reels rhythm rhythmic routine Savoy Shimmy Shorty show business Shuffle singing Sissle Snake Hips Soft Shoe solo song Soundies Dist stage star steps Strut style swing tap dance tap dancers Theater Universal FL vaudeville vernacular dance Vitaphone Walk Weinglass Whitman Sisters Williams Willie Covan Wing York