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The Resource Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance, Marshall and Jean Stearns
Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance, Marshall and Jean Stearns
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 464 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Note
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- Reprint of the ed. published by Macmillan Co., New York
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Introduction. Prologue
- Prehistory. Africa and the West Indies ; New Orleans and the South ; The pattern of diffusion
- Beginnings. From folk to professional ; Early minstrelsy ; Minstrel dances and dancers ; Late minstrelsy
- The vernacular. Medicine shows and gillies ; Carnivals, circuses, and Negro minstrels ; Roadshows, T.O.B.A., and picks ; The Whitman Sisters
- Tin Pan Alley and song lyrics. Ballroom origins ; The song writer : Perry Bradford : I ; The song writer : Perry Bradford : II
- Broadway and the reviewers. Williams and Walker and the beginnings of vernacular dance on Broadway ; Early Harlem ; Shuffle along ; Broadway : the early twenties ; Broadway : the late twenties ; Choreography : Buddy Bradley
- Technique : pioneers, innovators, and stylists. King Rastus Brown and the time step ; Bill Robinson : up on the toes ; Frank Condos : wings and the expanding repertory ; James Barton : versatility ; Harland Dixon and character dancing ; John W. Bubbles and rhythm tap ; Fred Astaire
- Specialties. Eccentric dancing ; Comedy dancing ; Russian dancing
- Acrobatics. Straight acrobatics ; The new acrobatics ; The flash acts
- The class acts. The original stylists ; The first class-act team : Greenlee and Dayton ; Pete Nugent and the class acts ; Coles and Atkins : the last of the class acts
- The jitterbug : Harlem background ; The Savoy ballroom ; From coast to coast
- Requiem. Baby Laurence and the Hoofers Club ; Groundhog ; The dying breed ; Epilogue
- Appendices. Selected list of flims and Kinescopes ; Analysis and notation of basic Afro-American movements
- Isbn
- 9780028725109
- Label
- Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance
- Title
- Jazz dance
- Title remainder
- the story of American vernacular dance
- Statement of responsibility
- Marshall and Jean Stearns
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stearns, Marshall Winslow
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1623
- LC item number
- .S67 1979
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Stearns, Jean
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American dance
- Dance
- Jazz dance
- Danse
- Jazz (Danse)
- African American dance
- Dance
- Jazz dance
- Geschichte
- Jazztanz
- United States
- Label
- Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance, Marshall and Jean Stearns
- Note
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- Reprint of the ed. published by Macmillan Co., New York
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
-
- Bibliography: p. 389-394
- Filmography: p. 395-419
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Prologue -- Prehistory. Africa and the West Indies ; New Orleans and the South ; The pattern of diffusion -- Beginnings. From folk to professional ; Early minstrelsy ; Minstrel dances and dancers ; Late minstrelsy -- The vernacular. Medicine shows and gillies ; Carnivals, circuses, and Negro minstrels ; Roadshows, T.O.B.A., and picks ; The Whitman Sisters -- Tin Pan Alley and song lyrics. Ballroom origins ; The song writer : Perry Bradford : I ; The song writer : Perry Bradford : II -- Broadway and the reviewers. Williams and Walker and the beginnings of vernacular dance on Broadway ; Early Harlem ; Shuffle along ; Broadway : the early twenties ; Broadway : the late twenties ; Choreography : Buddy Bradley -- Technique : pioneers, innovators, and stylists. King Rastus Brown and the time step ; Bill Robinson : up on the toes ; Frank Condos : wings and the expanding repertory ; James Barton : versatility ; Harland Dixon and character dancing ; John W. Bubbles and rhythm tap ; Fred Astaire -- Specialties. Eccentric dancing ; Comedy dancing ; Russian dancing -- Acrobatics. Straight acrobatics ; The new acrobatics ; The flash acts -- The class acts. The original stylists ; The first class-act team : Greenlee and Dayton ; Pete Nugent and the class acts ; Coles and Atkins : the last of the class acts -- The jitterbug : Harlem background ; The Savoy ballroom ; From coast to coast -- Requiem. Baby Laurence and the Hoofers Club ; Groundhog ; The dying breed ; Epilogue -- Appendices. Selected list of flims and Kinescopes ; Analysis and notation of basic Afro-American movements
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 464 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780028725109
- Lccn
- 79002531
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)05171958
- (OCoLC)ocm05171958
- Label
- Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance, Marshall and Jean Stearns
- Note
-
- Reprint of the ed. published by Macmillan Co., New York
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
-
- Bibliography: p. 389-394
- Filmography: p. 395-419
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Prologue -- Prehistory. Africa and the West Indies ; New Orleans and the South ; The pattern of diffusion -- Beginnings. From folk to professional ; Early minstrelsy ; Minstrel dances and dancers ; Late minstrelsy -- The vernacular. Medicine shows and gillies ; Carnivals, circuses, and Negro minstrels ; Roadshows, T.O.B.A., and picks ; The Whitman Sisters -- Tin Pan Alley and song lyrics. Ballroom origins ; The song writer : Perry Bradford : I ; The song writer : Perry Bradford : II -- Broadway and the reviewers. Williams and Walker and the beginnings of vernacular dance on Broadway ; Early Harlem ; Shuffle along ; Broadway : the early twenties ; Broadway : the late twenties ; Choreography : Buddy Bradley -- Technique : pioneers, innovators, and stylists. King Rastus Brown and the time step ; Bill Robinson : up on the toes ; Frank Condos : wings and the expanding repertory ; James Barton : versatility ; Harland Dixon and character dancing ; John W. Bubbles and rhythm tap ; Fred Astaire -- Specialties. Eccentric dancing ; Comedy dancing ; Russian dancing -- Acrobatics. Straight acrobatics ; The new acrobatics ; The flash acts -- The class acts. The original stylists ; The first class-act team : Greenlee and Dayton ; Pete Nugent and the class acts ; Coles and Atkins : the last of the class acts -- The jitterbug : Harlem background ; The Savoy ballroom ; From coast to coast -- Requiem. Baby Laurence and the Hoofers Club ; Groundhog ; The dying breed ; Epilogue -- Appendices. Selected list of flims and Kinescopes ; Analysis and notation of basic Afro-American movements
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 464 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780028725109
- Lccn
- 79002531
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)05171958
- (OCoLC)ocm05171958
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