| Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance Contributor(s): Stearns, Marshall (Author), Stearns, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306805537 ISBN-13: 9780306805530 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1994 Annotation: Artists like Bill Robinson, King Rastus Brown, John Bubbles, Honi Coles and others who speak to us in this book, are our Nijinskys, Daighilevs, Balanchines, and Grahams. There are so many books on ballet and modern dance. There are still a few on tap dance and they are so cavalierly allowed to go out of print even though the interest in them is so deep and sustaining. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Modern - Performing Arts | Dance - Popular - Performing Arts | Dance - Regional & Ethnic |
| Dewey: 793.308 |
| LCCN: 93040957 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.40 lbs) 508 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The phrase jazz dance has a special meaning for professionals who dance to jazz music (they use it to describe non-tap body movement); and another meaning for studios coast to coast teaching 'Modern Jazz Dance' (a blend of Euro-American styles that owes little to jazz and less to jazz rhythms). However, we are dealing here with what may eventually be referred to as jazz dance, and we could not think of a more suitable title. The characteristic that distinguishes American vernacular dance--as does jazz music--is swing, which can be heard, felt, and seen, but defined only with great difficulty. . . . --from the Introduction |