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Author : Jim Connor
Release : 1981
Genre : Dancers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 506/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ann Miller, Tops in Taps by : Jim Connor
Download or read book Ann Miller, Tops in Taps written by Jim Connor. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Shelley
Release : 2020-09-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 920/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ann Miller by : Peter Shelley
Download or read book Ann Miller written by Peter Shelley. This book was released on 2020-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Miller (1923-2004) was an American actress, dancer, singer and author. Best known as a tap dancer, Miller practiced all forms of dance, and some of her solo routines are considered as good as any recorded in film musical history. Despite a reputation as a kook who believed she was psychic, and the potentially flat image of a "glamour girl," Miller's wit, charm and genuine ability to act gave her and her characters depth. This biography presents Ann Miller's career in the context of her fascinating life. Her career began with child acting and included three Hollywood studio contracts, two retirements for marriage, and appearances in film, stage, variety shows, sitcoms and more. She made a comeback in the stage musical Sugar Babies, earning a Best Leading Actress in a Musical Tony Award nomination. She was even appointed an international spokesperson for MGM in the ailing years of the studio.
Author : Rusty E. Frank
Release : 1990
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tap! by : Rusty E. Frank
Download or read book Tap! written by Rusty E. Frank. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the voices and memories of thirty American tap dance stars, and includes a comprehensive listing of tap acts, recordings, and films
Author : Cheryl M. Willis
Release : 2023-04-13
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 162/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers by : Cheryl M. Willis
Download or read book Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers written by Cheryl M. Willis. This book was released on 2023-04-13. 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.
Author : John Franceschina
Release : 2012-06-08
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 064/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hermes Pan by : John Franceschina
Download or read book Hermes Pan written by John Franceschina. This book was released on 2012-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed with an eighth-grade education, an inexhaustible imagination, and an innate talent for dancing, Hermes Pan (1909-1990) was a boy from Tennessee who became the most prolific, popular, and memorable choreographer of the glory days of the Hollywood musical. While he may be most well-known for the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals which he choreographed at RKO film studios, he also created dances at Twentieth Century-Fox, M-G-M, Paramount, and later for television, winning both the Oscar and the Emmy for best choreography. In Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire, Pan emerges as a man in full, an artist inseparable from his works. He was a choreographer deeply interested in his dancers' personalities, and his dances became his way of embracing and understanding the outside world. Though his time in a Trappist monastery proved to him that he was more suited to choreography than to life as a monk, Pan remained a deeply devout Roman Catholic throughout his creative life, a person firmly convinced of the powers of prayer. While he was rarely to be seen without several beautiful women at his side, it was no secret that Pan was homosexual and even had a life partner. As Pan worked at the nexus of the cinema industry's creative circles during the golden age of the film musical, this book traces not only Pan's personal life but also the history of the Hollywood musical itself. It is a study of Pan, who emerges here as a benevolent perfectionist, and equally of the stars, composers, and directors with whom he worked, from Astaire and Rogers to Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Bob Fosse, George Gershwin, Samuel Goldwyn, and countless other luminaries of American popular entertainment. Author John Franceschina bases his telling of Pan's life on extensive first-hand research into Pan's unpublished correspondence and his own interviews. Pan enjoyed one of the most illustrious careers of any Hollywood dance director, and because his work also spanned across Broadway and television, this book will appeal to readers interested in musical theater history, dance history, and film.
