Tap Dancing America

Author : Constance Valis Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190225386
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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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: The first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, and Savion Glover.

Author : Constance Valis Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197523978
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brotherhood in Rhythm written by Constance Valis Hill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lovingly researched and thoughtfully created portrait of the Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold, two of the most explosive dancers of the twentieth century who refined a centuries-old tradition of percussive dance into the rhythmic brilliance of jazz tap at its zenith. Interweaves an intimate portrait of these great performers with a richly detailed history of jazz music and jazz dance, bringing their act to life and explaining their significance through a colourful analysis of their eloquent footwork and full-bodied expressiveness. Captures the Brohers' soaring careers, from Cotton Club appearances with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Jimmy Lunceford, to film-stealing big-screen performances with Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. Drawing on endless hours of interviews with the Nicholas brothers themselves, Brotherhood in Rhythm documents their struggles against the nets of racism and segregation that constantly enmeshed their careers and denied them the recognition they deserved."--

Author : Mark Knowles
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786412679
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tap Roots written by Mark Knowles and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2002-06-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the development of tap dancing from ancient India to the Broadway stage in 1903, when the word "Tap" was first used in publicity to describe this new American style of dance, this text separates the cultural, societal and historical events that influenced the development of Tap dancing. Section One covers primary influences such as Irish step dancing, English clog dancing and African dancing. Section Two covers theatrical influences (early theatrical developments, "Daddy" Rice, the Virginia Minstrels) and Section Three covers various other influences (Native American, German and Shaker). Also included are accounts of the people present at tap's inception and how various styles of dance were mixed to create a new art form.

Author : Constance Valis Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190225386
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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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: The first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, and Savion Glover.

Author : Zelia Raye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Tap Dancing written by Zelia Raye and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Seibert
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429947616
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Constance Valis Hill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815412150
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brotherhood in Rhythm written by Constance Valis Hill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tap dancing legends Fayard (b. 1914) and Harold (1918-2000) Nicholas amazed crowds with their performances in musicals and films from the 30s to the 80s. They performed with Gene Kelly in The Pirate, with Cab Calloway in Stormy Weather, with Dorothy Dandridge (Harold's wife) in Sun Valley Serenade, and with a number of other stars on the stage and on the screen. Author Hill not only guides readers through the brothers' showstopping successes and the repressive times in which their dancing won them universal acclaim, she also offers extensive insight into the history and choreography of tap dancing, bringing readers up to speed on the art form in which the Nicholas Brothers excelled.

Author : Rusty Frank
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306806353
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tap! written by Rusty Frank and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1995-03-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you like tap dancing and tap dancers--this is your book."--Gene Kelly From the vaudeville era, through the Astaire-Rogers movies, to the intricate artistry of bebop, tap has dominated American dance with its rhythm, originality, and humor. This book collects the voices and memories of thirty of America's best-loved tap-dance stars and two hundred rare theater, film, and publicity photographs. Here Shirley Temple recalls her magical duo with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Fayard Nicholas describes his days at Harlem's Cotton Club performing with Cab Calloway; Fred Kelly visits his and his brother Gene's Pittsburgh dance studio; Hermes Pan reminisces about his work with George Gershwin, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire; and, in a chapter new to this edition, Toy and Wing tell about their days as the world's leading Asian tap duo. Appended with the most comprehensive listing of tap acts, recordings, and films ever compiled-newly updated for this paperback edition-Tap! brings to life the legends of one of America's most cherished and enduring art forms. Foreword by Gregory Hines

Author : Anne Schley Duggan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tap Dances written by Anne Schley Duggan and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Kelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Tap Dancing Dictionary written by Charles Kelley and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: