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Author : Gillian Warren-Brown
Release : 2013
Genre : Ballet
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 369/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Story of Dance For All by : Gillian Warren-Brown
Download or read book The Story of Dance For All written by Gillian Warren-Brown. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Seibert
Release : 2015-11-17
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 616/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis What the Eye Hears by : Brian Seibert
Download or read book What the Eye Hears written by Brian Seibert. This book was released on 2015-11-17. 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 : James Haskins
Release : 1990
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Black Dance in America by : James Haskins
Download or read book Black Dance in America written by James Haskins. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the history of black dance in America, from its beginnings with the ritual dances of African slaves, through tap and modern dance to break dancing. Includes brief biographies of influential dancers and companies.
Author : Helen Brennan
Release : 2022-04-01
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 985/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Story of Irish Dance by : Helen Brennan
Download or read book The Story of Irish Dance written by Helen Brennan. This book was released on 2022-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Helen Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. Every type of dance from social to traditional to clergy is included. Brennan takes care to explain the different styles and traditions that evolved from different parts of Ireland; which results in some lively discussions as people reminisce over old favorites. She also discusses how dance evolved to become such an important part of Ireland's culture and history. An appendix is offered to help explain the various steps involved in each style of dance including the Munster or Southern style, Single Shuffle, Double Shuffle, Treble Shuffle, the Heel Plant, the Cut, the Rock or Puzzle, the Drum, the Sean Nos Dance Style of Connemara, and the Northern Style.
Author : Edward Scott
Release : 2011-11-10
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 156/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dancing in All Ages - The History of Dance by : Edward Scott
Download or read book Dancing in All Ages - The History of Dance written by Edward Scott. This book was released on 2011-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1899, this is a comprehensive study of the art of Dancing throughout history. It goes into great detail about dancing through the ages, including musical notation, right up to the start of the 1900s. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include The Natural and Origin of Dancing Dancing in Ancient Egypt Dances of the Greeks Dancing in Ancient Rome Religious, Mysterious, and Fanatical Elements in Dancing Remarkable Dancing of Later Times The Minuet Modern Dancing
