What the eye hears : a history of tap dancing /
Seibert, Brian,
What the eye hears : a history of tap dancing / Brian Seibert. - First paperback edition. - vi, 612 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm
"First paperback edition, 2016"--Title page verso. Originally published in 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-574) and index.
Part I: First steps -- Part II: Everybody's Doing It Now -- Part III: America's natural way of dancing Part IV: Out of step -- Part V: Putting the shoes back on -- Part VI: An American tradition, a global art.
A history of tap dancing explores its role as an art form that creates its own music, tracing its origins in African traditions and other folk dance forms, its growth on the stage and screen, and its reinvention by a new generation.
0374536511 9780374536510
Tap dancing--History.
GV1794 / .S44 2016
792.7/809
What the eye hears : a history of tap dancing / Brian Seibert. - First paperback edition. - vi, 612 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm
"First paperback edition, 2016"--Title page verso. Originally published in 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-574) and index.
Part I: First steps -- Part II: Everybody's Doing It Now -- Part III: America's natural way of dancing Part IV: Out of step -- Part V: Putting the shoes back on -- Part VI: An American tradition, a global art.
A history of tap dancing explores its role as an art form that creates its own music, tracing its origins in African traditions and other folk dance forms, its growth on the stage and screen, and its reinvention by a new generation.
0374536511 9780374536510
Tap dancing--History.
GV1794 / .S44 2016
792.7/809