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Brotherhood in Rhythm - The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers, 20th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
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Brotherhood in Rhythm - The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers, 20th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
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When the Nicholas Brothers danced, uptown at the Cotton Club,
downtown at the Roxy, in segregated movie theatres in the South,
and dance halls across the country, audiences cheered, clapped,
stomped their feet, and shouted out uncontrollably. Their exuberant
style of American theatrical dance-a melding of jazz, tap,
acrobatics, black vernacular dance, and witty repartee-was
dazzling. Though daredevil flips, slides, and hair-raising splits
made them show-stoppers, the Nicholas Brothers were also highly
sophisticated dancers who refined a centuries-old tradition of
percussive dance into the rhythmic brilliance of jazz tap. In
Brotherhood in Rhythm, author Constance Valis Hill interweaves an
intimate portrait of these great performers with a richly detailed
history of jazz music and jazz dance, both bringing their act to
life and explaining their significance through a colourful analysis
of their eloquent footwork, their full-bodied expressiveness, and
their changing style. Hill vividly captures their soaring careers,
from the Cotton Club appearances with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway,
and Jimmy Lunceford, to film-stealing big-screen performances with
Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. Drawing on a deep well
of research and endless hours of interviews with the Nicholas
brothers themselves, she also documents their struggles against the
nets of racism and segregation that constantly enmeshed their
careers and denied them the recognition they deserved. More than a
biography of two immensely talented but underappreciated
performers, Brotherhood in Rhythm offers a profound understanding
of this distinctively American art and its intricate links to the
history of jazz.
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