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Steppin' on the Blues - The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance (Paperback)
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Steppin' on the Blues - The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance (Paperback)
Series: Folklore and Society
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Loot Price R545
Discovery Miles 5 450
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It's impossible to think of the heritage of music and dance in the
United States without the invaluable contributions of African
Americans. Those art forms have been touched by the genius of
African American culture and have helped this nation take its
important and unique place in the pantheon of world art. Steppin'
on the Blues explores not only the meaning of dance in African
American life but also the ways in which music, song, and dance are
interrelated in African American culture. Dance as it has emanated
from the black community is a pervasive, vital, and distinctive
form of expression--its movements speak eloquently of African
American values and aesthetics. Beyond that it has been, finally,
one of the most important means of cultural survival. Former dancer
Jacqui Malone throws a fresh spotlight on the cultural history of
black dance, the Africanisms that have influenced it, and the
significant role that vocal harmony groups, black college and
university marching bands, and black sorority and fraternity
stepping teams have played in the evolution of dance in African
American life. From the cakewalk to the development of jazz dance
and jazz music, all Americans can take pride in the vitality,
dynamism, drama, joy, and uncommon singularity with which African
American dance has gifted the world.
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