Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers
Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers
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Author(s): Willis, Cheryl M.
ISBN No.: 9781476690612
Pages: 282
Year: 202304
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 55.13
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Rhythm Preserves the Spirit 2. From Jim Crow to Master Juba 3. White and Black Minstrelsy 4. Aida Overton Walker: Queen of the Cakewalk 5. Alice Whitman: Queen of Taps 6. Tappin' in Time 7. Clubbin' in Harlem 8.


Let's Swing 9. "Candi": Improvised Rhythms 10. "Baby Edwards": A Legend in Her Own Time 11. Ludie Jones 12. Louise Madison: A Dancer's Dancer 13. Jeni LeGon 14. Lois Bright 15. "Pepper" 16.


"Salt": Little Lady of Taps 17. Edwards Sisters 18. Juanita Pitts 19. Delno Polk Bailey 20. Isabelle "Eleanor Byrd" Fambro 21. Black Tap: Decline and Resurgence 22. And Now 23. In Retrospect Glossary of Dance and Music Appendix I: A Few More Women Dancers Appendix II: Performers Who Blazed the Trail Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.



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