Download or read book Eddie Brown Improvisational Rhythm Tap Dancer written by Sharon Park Arslanian and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers written by Cheryl M. Willis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were appreciated in their time, Black female tap dancers seldom achieved similar recognition. Who were these women? The author sought them out, interviewed them, and documented their stories for this book. Here are the personal stories of many Black women tap dancers who were hailed by their male counterparts, performed on the most prominent American stages, and were pioneers in the field of Black tap.
Download or read book What the Eye Hears written by Brian Seibert and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magisterial, revelatory, and-most suitably-entertaining, What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance critic for The New York Times, begins by exploring tap's origins as a hybrid of the jig and clog dancing from the British Isles and dances brought from Africa by slaves. He tracks tap's transfer to the stage through blackface minstrelsy and charts its growth as a cousin to jazz in the vaudeville circuits and nightclubs of the early twentieth century. Seibert chronicles tap's spread to ubiquity on Broadway and in Hollywood, analyzes its decline after World War II, and celebrates its rediscovery and reinvention by new generations of American and international performers. In the process, we discover how the history of tap dancing is central to any meaningful account of American popular culture. This is a story with a huge cast of characters, from Master Juba (it was probably a performance of his in a Five Points cellar that Charles Dickens described in American Notes for General Circulation) through Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Gene Kelly and Paul Draper to Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. Seibert traces the stylistic development of tap through individual practitioners, vividly depicting dancers both well remembered and now obscure. And he illuminates the cultural exchange between blacks and whites over centuries, the interplay of imitation and theft, as well as the moving story of African-Americans in show business, wielding enormous influence as they grapple with the pain and pride of a complicated legacy.What the Eye Hears teaches us to see and hear the entire history of tap in its every step.
Download or read book Tap Into Improv written by Barbara Duffy and published by . This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tap into Improv is a guide for tap dancers, both students and professionals, which provides tools, ideas, and concepts to help any level of dancer become more expressive in their tap improvisation. The guide contains physical, mental, musical and emotional exercises to be practiced either alone or in a group setting. Barbara Duffy has compiled these ideas from her 27 years of teaching improvisation classes in New York City and in 20 countries. If you are a beginner or a professional tap dancer, this guide presents valuable ideas to expand your creativity and freedom.
Download or read book Tap Dancing written by Heather Rees and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tap Dancing - Rhythm in their Feet is a practical guide to this fascinating form of dance. The author first gives some insight into the history of tap and the influence of some of the great 'foot percussion artists' before going on to explore the principles of rhythm and timing, the tempo of tap music, techniques, style and choreography. Topics include: · History and development of tap dancing · Floors, shoes and costume · Music, rhythm and choreography · Traditional steps and time steps · Planning classes and exercises · Sequences and routines · Improvisation and developing individual style AUTHOR: Heather Rees started dancing at the age of three. She trained in classical ballet with Marguerite Thomas in Penarth and learned 'American' tap with Gertrude Beaton. In her late teens she was introduced to the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, for whom she eventually became an examiner. She teaches both in the UK and overseas, and continues to attend Master Classes. 156 b/w photo
Download or read book Tap Dancing America written by Constance Valis Hill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap -- the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form. Writing with all the verve and grace of tap itself, Constance Valis Hill offers a sweeping narrative, filling a major gap in American dance history and placing tap firmly center stage.
Download or read book The Dance Film and Video Guide written by Dance Films Association and published by Dance Horizons. This book was released on 1991 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gotta Dance written by Jenai Cutcher and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of jazz and tap dancing, what is involved in becoming a dancer, and what to look for when watching a jazz or tap dancing performance.
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Dance 1996 written by Dance Collection Nypl and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orange Coast Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orange Coast Magazine is the oldest continuously published lifestyle magazine in the region, bringing together Orange County¹s most affluent coastal communities through smart, fun, and timely editorial content, as well as compelling photographs and design. Each issue features an award-winning blend of celebrity and newsmaker profiles, service journalism, and authoritative articles on dining, fashion, home design, and travel. As Orange County¹s only paid subscription lifestyle magazine with circulation figures guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, Orange Coast is the definitive guidebook into the county¹s luxe lifestyle.
Download or read book A Tribute to Bill Robinson written by Katrina L. Pelto and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Want to Be Ready written by Danielle Goldman and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A conceptual framework for understanding the development of improvised dance in late 20th-century America
Download or read book Steppin on the Blues written by Jacqui Malone and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former dancer Jacqui Malone throws a fresh spotlight on the cultural history of black dance, the Africanisms that have influenced it, and the significant role that vocal harmony groups, black college and university marching bands, and black sorority and fraternity stepping teams have played in the evolution of dance in African American life.
Download or read book Master s Theses in the Arts and Social Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orange Coast Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orange Coast Magazine is the oldest continuously published lifestyle magazine in the region, bringing together Orange County¹s most affluent coastal communities through smart, fun, and timely editorial content, as well as compelling photographs and design. Each issue features an award-winning blend of celebrity and newsmaker profiles, service journalism, and authoritative articles on dining, fashion, home design, and travel. As Orange County¹s only paid subscription lifestyle magazine with circulation figures guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, Orange Coast is the definitive guidebook into the county¹s luxe lifestyle.
Download or read book Inside Tap written by Anita Feldman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to be a better foot musician with your rhythms, increase your speed. Uses rhythmical concepts and notation to convey process.
Download or read book The New York Times Biographical Service written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of current biographical information of general interest.
