Swing dancing

Author(s)

    • Stevens, Tamara
    • Stevens, Erin

Bibliographic Information

Swing dancing

Tamara Stevens ; with editorial contributions by Erin Stevens

(The American dance floor)

Greenwood, c2011

  • : hard copy

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Note

Bibliography: p. 193-204

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Telling a riveting true story of the emergence and development of an American icon, this book traces swing dancing from its origins to its status as a modern-day art form. From its unlikely origins in the African slave trade, one of the saddest chapters of American history, swing dance emerged as a celebration of the soul. Swing is now recognized around the globe as a joyous partnered dance, uniquely Afro-American in origin and an American treasure. This book examines how the original swing style of the 1920s, the Lindy Hop, branched out and evolved with the changing dynamics of popular culture, paralleling the development of the nation. Swing Dancing covers the dance through the years of minstrelsy, the jazz age, the big band era, bebop, and the decline of partnered dancing in the 1960s. Swing experts and instructors Tamara and Erin Stevens have combined a compelling historic examination of swing dance with an assortment of riveting personal interviews and photographic documentation to create a comprehensive reference book on this important art form.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Swing Dance: Born in the USA Chapter 2: Bred in Minstrelsy, Raised in Rhythm Chapter 3: Ragtime, Jazz, and Swing Dance Gets a Name Chapter 4: It Started at the Savoy Chapter 5: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Chapter 6: Swingin' in Hollywood Chapter 7: A Dance by Any Other Name ...(Various Styles of Partnered Swing) Chapter 8: The Decline Chapter 9: The Road to Resurgence Chapter 10:The Second Era of Swing, and Beyond Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BB08591670
  • ISBN
    • 9780313375170
  • LCCN
    2010053906
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Santa Barbara
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 227 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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