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Social dancing: At the Cotton Club and the Savoy

Title: Social dancing: At the Cotton Club and the Savoy [videorecording]
Publication: 1985.

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1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

Guests are Howard Johnson, a former Cotton Club dancer who is now a professor emeritus of sociology, and C. Scoby Strohman, a musician, dancer, and poet. In exploring the role of dance as a means of expression in the black community, they discuss the relationship of dance and music, which Strohman illustrates with an anecdote about the tap dancer Groundhog [Earl Basie], the cakewalk as a form of satire, the differences between black and white social dances and the influence of musician James "Europe" Reese on Vernon and Irene Castle, the derivation of the lindy hop, the creation of new dances at the Cotton Club, and competition in be bop dancing. Dance excerpts include b&w archival footage of the cakewalk, big apple, lindy hop, and jazz dancing. Strohman demonstrates the applejack and scat dancing in the style of Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker. In Esoterica balletica, Norma Jean Darden pays tribute to black women who popularized black dances: Ada Overton Walker (cakewalk), Elida Webb (Charleston), Fredi Washington (black bottom), and Katherine Dunham.

Series Statement

Eye on dance, 150

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Note

Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on February 21, 1985 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on March 11, 1985. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2942

OCLC

NYPY916080524-F

Title

Social dancing: At the Cotton Club and the Savoy [videorecording]

Imprint

1985.

Series

Eye on dance, 150

Local Subject

Television. Social dancing.

Television. Eye on dance.

Television. Esoterica balletica.

Local Subject

Scat dancing.

Bebop dancing.

Social dancing -- Competitions.

Social dancing -- History.

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Added Author

Johnson, Howard. Interviewee

Strohman, Scoby. Interviewee

Darden, Norma Jean. Speaker

Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director

Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer

ARC Videodance (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2942

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