Research Catalog

Title

By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles [electronic resource]

Publication

1980.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bubbles, John W.
• Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
• Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
• DHCA.

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (23 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. In the fourth "Cocktail hour with John Bubbles," a conversation with Jane Goldberg and others, the topics include Bubbles's renown as the "father of soul tap," and the sense of sharing and learning from one another that prevails among tap dancers. Bubbles talks about the difficulties of the tap dancer's life, relating anecdotes of his own experience as part of the act Buck and Bubbles. This session continues on *MGZIC 9-5728 and *MGZIC 9-5726.

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

• Buck and Bubbles
• Tap dancing
• Dance > Anecdotes

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Interviews.
• Video.

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 only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

• Interviewer: Jane Goldberg.
• Interviewee: John Bubbles.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 18, 1980.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 7531

OCLC

NYPY98-F3077

Title

By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles [electronic resource]

Imprint

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

Interviewer: Jane Goldberg.

Interviewee: John Bubbles.

Event

Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 18, 1980.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5762.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Dance workshops and workshop performances.

Television. By word of foot.

Added Author

Bubbles, John W. Interviewee

Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Interviewer

Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 7531

*MGZIC 9-5762 (former)