Research Catalog
Interview with Honi Coles
- Title
- Interview with Honi Coles [sound recording].
- Author
- Coles, Honi, 1911-1992.
- Publication
- 1980.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Reel 2 of 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-1301 Reel 2 of 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stern, Lee Edward.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (approx. 15 min.)
- Summary
- Honi Coles discusses the origin of tap dancing, and Bill Robinson's influence on tap. Cole then discusses his own beginnings as a tap dancer, and Fred Astaire's range as a dancer. He describes tap dancing as percussion, the origins of be-bop, and the early days of the Copasetics. Coles discusses the reasons for the decline of tap, the functions of the Apollo Theater and the Cotton Club during the decline of tap, and tap in vaudeville. Coles concludes by sharing the background of a time-step, and gives a time-step demonstration.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Uniform Title
- Speaking of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Note
- Broadcast April 18, 1980.
- Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1301
- OCLC
- NYPY99-R43
- Author
- Coles, Honi, 1911-1992. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Honi Coles [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1980.
- Local Note
- Preservation master tape: *MGZT0 7-1301.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1301.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Coles, H.
- Added Author
- Stern, Lee Edward. ivr.
- Added Title
- Speaking of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1301