Tappin' at the Apollo - A Career History of African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt

Informationen zum Autor Cheryl M. Willis's doctoral work in dance focused on African American studies and children's dance. Selected as National Dance Educator of the Year in 2000, she has toured the U.S. and Canada presenting workshops on creative dance, and has published extensively on tap dance and creative movement. She lives in Vancouver, Washington. Klappentext In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl "Fatha" Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1.¿A Look at the Years That Roared2.¿Dancing on the Corner3.¿Steppin' on Stage4.¿Candi and Pepper5.¿Salt and Pepper6.¿The Apollo Theater7.¿The Best Year of My Life8.¿All Aboard for the East Coast9.¿Crossing the Line10.¿Down in Dixie11.¿Chicago12.¿On Midwestern Soil13.¿"The Girls"14.¿Canadian Jazz15.¿A Sweet Moment Slips AwayEpilogue: What Do We Do Now?Appendix I: Schedule of PerformancesAppendix II: In Memory of a Generation Who PerformedChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl M. Willis, Willis Cheryl M.
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781476662701
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6270-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; New York, Dance, Collected biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, Individual actors & performers, Biography: arts & entertainment, Other performing arts, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, Variety shows, music hall, cabaret, New York (state)