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That's it! The authentic jazz dance show

Title
That's it! The authentic jazz dance show [videorecording]
Publication
1986.

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  • Bethel, Pepsi.
  • Bethel, Pepsi
  • Jiving Lindy Hoppers (Company)
Description
2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Two-part program, consisting of a lecture-demonstration by Pepsi Bethel on jazz dancing and its terminology, followed by a performance of four dance numbers (plus two encores) alternating with instrumental pieces by the band Jazz Junction. At the conclusion the dancers invite audience members to dance. Volume adjustment needed for spoken portions.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Terry Monaghan and the Jiving Lindy Hoppers.
Subject
  • Jazz dance
  • Cakewalk (Dance)
  • Lindy (Dance)
  • Big apple (Dance)
Note
  • Videotaped in performance at Battersea Arts Centre, London, on July 11 and 12, 1986. Videographers: Martin Guedalla and Pete Batten.
  • Entire production devised and staged by Pepsi Bethel. Music: Various composers, arranged by Ken McCarthy. Scenery: Tony Fegan. Costumes: Sarah Van Loock.
  • Performed by Pepsi Bethel and the Jiving Lindy Hoppers: Claudia Gintersdorfer, Jeanefer Jean-Charles, Kathleen Voisin, Pearl Willie, Warren Heyes, Ryan François, Joseph Christophe, and Steve Finch.
Contents
DANCE CONTENTS. - Cassette 1 (59 min.): Part I: During the lecture-demonstration, Bethel teaches three audience members different combinations of steps. Part II: The soft shoe. Music: Frank Foster (Shiny stockings). The minstrel [Cakewalk]. Music: Traditional. - Cassette 2 (31 min.): Repetition of The minstrel. The blues. Music: Ken McCarthy. - The swing era: The big apple [and] the lindy hop. Music: Basie and Durham (One o'clock jump), Sampson, Goodman and Webb (Stomping at the Savoy).
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-1316
OCLC
NYPY906003708-F
Title
That's it! The authentic jazz dance show [videorecording]
Imprint
1986.
Local Subject
Television. That's it! The authentic jazz dance show.
Blues.
Added Author
Bethel, Pepsi. Speaker
Bethel, Pepsi, choreographer.
Bethel, Pepsi, dancer.
Jiving Lindy Hoppers (Company)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-1316
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