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TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955
Rusty Frank
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Description for TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955
Paperback. "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" Num Pages: 358 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASD; ASZH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
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 humour. This book collects the voices and memories of thirty of America's best-loved tap-dance stars and two hundred rare theatre, 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 ... Read more
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 humour. This book collects the voices and memories of thirty of America's best-loved tap-dance stars and two hundred rare theatre, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306806353
SKU
V9780306806353
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Rusty Frank
Rusty E. Frank is a tap dancer, producer, historian, and tap dance preservationist. She studied with many of the great tap masters she produced, directed, and appeared in the All-Star tap revues Jazz Tap! and she owns and operates On Tap!, which promotes tap productions and markets tap supplies. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is producing the documentary ... Read more
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