Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap - the
first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely
American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical
and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step
dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of
such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino,
Dianne Walker, and Savion Glover. In Tap Dancing America, Constance
Valis Hill, herself an accomplished jazz tap dancer, choreographer,
and performance scholar, begins with a dramatic account of a buck
dance challenge between Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Harry Swinton
at Brooklyn's Bijou Theatre, on March 30, 1900, and proceeds decade
by decade through the 20th century to the present day. She vividly
describes tap's musical styles and steps - from buck-and-wing and
ragtime stepping at the turn of the century; jazz tapping to the
rhythms of hot jazz, swing, and bebop in the '20s, '30s and '40s;
to hip-hop-inflected hitting and hoofing in heels (high and low)
from the 1990s right up to today. Tap was long considered "a man's
game," and Hill's is the first history to highlight such
outstanding female dancers as Ada Overton Walker, Kitty O'Neill,
and Alice Whitman, at the turn of the 20th century, as well as the
pioneering women composers of the tap renaissance, in the 70s and
80s, and the hard-hitting rhythm-tapping women of the millennium
such as Chloe Arnold, Ayodele Casel, Michelle Dorrance, and
Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards. Written with uncanny foresight, the book
features dancers who have become international touring artists and
have performed on Broadway, won Emmy and Tony Awards, and received
the prestigious Dance Magazine, Adele and Fred Astaire, and Jacob's
Pillow Dance awards. Presented with all the verve and grace of tap
itself and drawing on eyewitness accounts of early performances as
well as interviews with today's greatest tappers, Tap Dancing
America fills a major gap in American dance history and places tap
firmly center stage.
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