Dance
By: Angela Shelf Medearis, Michael R. Medearis.
Contributors: Medearis, Michael.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: African-American arts
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books; Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: African American dance -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Dance, Black -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Dancers -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; African American dance -- History.; Dance -- History.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explores the dance traditions of African Americans, from their origins in the expressive dances that the slaves brought from Africa through the development of jazz and tap to modern dance and ballet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77) and index.