Tap Dancing: History and Performance 1972
Ivan N. Cury
2007 | 28 min
Synopsis:
A history of tap dancing. Demonstration of various tap dance styles by two masters of the art, Ralph Brown and Chuck Green. Routines include single and double time steps, the cramp roll, the buck and wing, and "over the top and through the trenches." With Richard Lamparski (narrator). Also: the origin and development of tap dance in film clips from a 1897 Edison production and other turn of the century film records, and an excerpt from "No Man's Land" (1931) in which Louis Douglas dances in the style of Bill Robinson.
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