Screen LibraryJazz dance : a history of the roots and branches /
This collection of essays tells the story of jazz dance past and present, focusing on history, not technique. This anthology examines trends, influences, training, race and gender issues, aesthetics and the international appeal of jazz dance.
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| Group Author: | ; |
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University Press of Florida,
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| Publisher Address: | Gainesville : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This collection of essays tells the story of jazz dance past and present, focusing on history, not technique. This anthology examines trends, influences, training, race and gender issues, aesthetics and the international appeal of jazz dance. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813049298 0813049296 9780813061290 0813061296 |
| Index Number: | GV1784 |
| CLC: | J709 |
| Call Number: | J709/J429 |
| Contents: |
What is jazz dance? -- Jazz dance as a continuum / The family of jazz dance / A twenty-first-century jazz dance manifesto / If jazz dance, then jazz music! / Jazz dance styles / Jazz dance history -- The African origins of an American art form / Jazz dance from emancipation to 1970 ; Jazz dance from 1970 into the twenty-first century / Historical movement chart / Mast |