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An edition of Jazz dance (2014)

Jazz dance

a history of the roots and branches

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This collection of essays tells the story of jazz dance past and present, focusing on history, not technique. This anthology examines trends, influences, training, race and gender issues, aesthetics and the international appeal of jazz dance.

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310

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Table of Contents

What is jazz dance? --
Jazz dance as a continuum -- Patricia Cohen
The family of jazz dance -- Bob Boross
A twenty-first-century jazz dance manifesto -- Sheron Wray
If jazz dance, then jazz music! -- Billy Siegenfeld
Jazz dance styles -- Lindsay Guarino and Wendy Oliver, with author contributions
Jazz dance history --
The African origins of an American art form -- Takiyah Nur Amin
Jazz dance from emancipation to 1970 ;
Jazz dance from 1970 into the twenty-first century -- Jill Flanders Crosby and Michèle Moss
Historical movement chart -- Tom Ralabate
Master teachers and choreographers, 1930-1990 --
The authentic jazz dance legacy of Pepsi Bethel -- Karen Hubbard
Jack Cole and theatrical jazz dance -- Teal Darkenwald
Katherine Dunham's mark on jazz dance -- Saroya Corbett
Bob Fosse's jazz revolution -- Cheryl Mrozowski
The legacy of Gus Giordano -- Michael McStraw
Frank Hatchett's jazz dance -- Bob Boross
Luigi, jazz dance icon -- Patricia Cohen
The "free style" jazz dance of Matt Mattox ;
Donald McKayle, jazz dance then and now -- Bob Boross
Lynn Simonson and Simonson technique -- Kimberly Karpanty
Related forms and styles --
Tappin' jazz lines -- Ray Miller
Jazz dance in the Broadway musical -- Kirsten Harvey
The transmission of African-American concert dance and American jazz dance -- Gill Wright Miller
Jazz dance, pop culture, and the music video era -- Melanie George
Hip-hop dance as community expression and global phenomenon -- Moncell Durden
Perspectives on teaching and training --
Jazz dance training via private studios, competitions, and conventions -- Lindsay Guarino
Jazz dance in higher education -- Kim Chandler Vaccaro
Jazz dance as a gateway to community engagement -- Lynnette Young Overby
Contemporary topics in jazz dance --
Jazz dance and racism -- Carlos Jones
Vernacular jazz dance and race in Hollywood cinema -- Susie Trenka
Jazz dance as American export in France and the United Kingdom -- Sheron Wray
A study of the power of club jazz in 1980s London -- Michèle Scott
Performing energy :
American rhythm dancing and the articulation of the inarticulate -- Billy Siegenfeld
A journey into the heart of jazz dance -- Jill Flanders Crosby -- Appendix:
A sampling of twenty-first-century jazz dance companies.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
793.3
Library of Congress
GV1784 .J38 2014, GV1784.J38 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 310 pages
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27156690M
Internet Archive
jazzdancehistory0000unse
ISBN 10
0813049296
ISBN 13
9780813049298
LCCN
2013038956
OCLC/WorldCat
862053062

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