Jig, clog, and breakdown dancing made easy
Subtitle: with sketches of noted jig dancers.
Publisher: Ed. James
Published: 1873
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Jig (Dance) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Clog dancing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Theatrical Dance.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: This book begins with a brief history of jig dancing and provides a chronology of jig and clog dancers from famed African-American dance Master Juba to Johnny Diamond and Dick Pelham. The manual also describes twenty steps including "heel and toe step," "shuffle,""clog break," and "plantation breakdown."
Notes: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.