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Jazz dance : the story of American vernacular dance by Stearns, Marshall Winslow; Stearns, Jean, joint author is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
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Introduction. Prologue -- Prehistory. Africa And The West Indies ; New Orleans And The South ; The Pattern Of Diffusion -- Beginnings. From Folk To Professional ; Early Minstrelsy ; Minstrel Dances And Dancers ; Late Minstrelsy -- The Vernacular. Medicine Shows And Gillies ; Carnivals, Circuses, And Negro Minstrels ; Roadshows, T.o.b.a., And Picks ; The Whitman Sisters -- Tin Pan Alley And Song Lyrics. Ballroom Origins ; The Song Writer : Perry Bradford : I ; The Song Writer : Perry Bradford : Ii -- Broadway And The Reviewers. Williams And Walker And The Beginnings Of Vernacular Dance On Broadway ; Early Harlem ; Shuffle Along ; Broadway : The Early Twenties ; Broadway : The Late Twenties ; Choreography : Buddy Bradley -- Technique : Pioneers, Innovators, And Stylists. King Rastus Brown And The Time Step ; Bill Robinson : Up On The Toes ; Frank Condos : Wings And The Expanding Repertory ; James Barton : Versatility ; Harland Dixon And Character Dancing ; John W. Bubbles And Rhythm Tap ; Fred Astaire -- Specialties. Eccentric Dancing ; Comedy Dancing ; Russian Dancing -- Acrobatics. Straight Acrobatics ; The New Acrobatics ; The Flash Acts -- The Class Acts. The Original Stylists ;
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- Author
- Stearns, Marshall Winslow; Stearns, Jean, joint author
- Publisher
- Schirmer Collier Macmillan
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780028725109
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, History
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (64 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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