- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (20 min., 53 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col. ;
- Summary
- Part of the documentation of the week-long tap dancing workshop By word of foot I, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on October 13-18, 1980. This tape contains segments of two tap dancing classes.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Jane Goldberg.
- Series Statement
- Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Note
- Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
- For the completed documentary on this workshop, see *MGZIC 9-5600 By word of foot I.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer (note)
- Instructors: Sandman Sims, Gregory Hines.
- Musicians: David Yoken (percussion), Ram Ramirez (piano).
- Interviewer: Jane Goldberg.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 17, 1980.
- Contents
- Conclusion of Sandman Sims's 1:30PM class (ca. 5 min.), which began on *MGZIC 9-5771 and *MGZIC 9-5769, showing him jamming with students to live music.
- Candid footage (ca. 2 min.).
- Interview with Gregory Hines (ca. 14 min.), preceding his class. Among the topics he discusses are his early dance lessons, both formal and informal; his admiration for the improvisationalists at the Apollo Theater, among them Sandman Sims; his ten-year absence from tap dancing; and improvisation and what it involves. This session continues on *MGZIC 9-5764.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 7537
- OCLC
- NYPY98-F3071
- Title
By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Sandman Sims and Gregory Hines [videorecording]
- Imprint
October 17, 1980.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Series
Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
- Performer
Instructors: Sandman Sims, Gregory Hines.
Musicians: David Yoken (percussion), Ram Ramirez (piano).
Interviewer: Jane Goldberg.
- Event
Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 17, 1980.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5768.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Dance workshops and workshop performances.
Television. By word of foot.
- Added Author
Sims, Sandman. Teacher
Yoken, David. Musician
Ramirez, Ram, 1913- Musician
Hines, Gregory, interviewee.
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Director
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
DHCA.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 7537