Tap and jazz
By: Nikki Gamble
Series: Dance; Dance
Publisher: Heinemann Library; Raintree Paperbacks
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780431933177
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Tap dancing; Jazz dance
Description: Describes the origins and development of dances that grew in the United States out of African American and similar European dances, along with jazz music, and discusses vaudeville, movie, and musical theater dancing, and recent trends.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Table of contents: title: Jazz dance family; title: Early days of jazz dance; title: Jazz music and jazz bands; title: Early swing; title: Swing bands; title: Tap dance and vaudeville; title: Silver screen; title: Theatrical jazz; title: New directions; title: Where are we now?; title: Timeline.