TY - BOOK AU - Seibert,Brian TI - What the eye hears: a history of tap dancing SN - 0374536511 AV - GV1794 .S44 2016 U1 - 792.7/809 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Tap dancing KW - History N1 - "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 N2 - 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 ER -