Tapping into tap: resources for tap lovers.Tap Heat, The Complete DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. TAP HEAT, Inc. 2004. DVD (64 mins.). $34.95. www.tapheat.com. Jason Samuels Smith Jason Samuels Smith, native New Yorker, was born on October 4th, 1980 to professional performing arts parents Sue Samuels and JoJo Smith. Mr. Samuels Smith began his professional performing career at an early age through Frank Hatchett's Professional Childrens Program at the is playing basketball for a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of minute with a first-rate team that (surprise!) metamorphoses into a band of terrific tappers. Jason appears suspiciously on a "most wanted Most Wanted may refer to:
Daniels was a featured dancer in several 1940s Broadway musicals, including Billion Dollar Baby, Street Scene, and Kiss Me, Kate , terrific at moving large groups of hoofers around, doesn't disappoint. The word "complete" has been added to this DVD because it includes not only the original 14-minute short, but also a 50-minute Jason Samuels Smith Tap Workout session, two-minute drills, an exclusive Jason improvisation, a behind-the-scenes interview with director Dean Hargrove Dean Hargrove (born July 27, 1938 in Iola, Kansas) is an American television producer, writer, and director. He specializes in creating mystery series. He frequently works with television producer Fred Silverman and television writer Joel Steiger. , production stills, biographies, and a theatrical trailer. Eddie Brown's B.S. Chorus On Tap! 2004. DVD (198 mins.). $40. www.justtap.com. Eddie Brown, the legendary favorite son of the West Coast, performed happily on the festival circuit of the 1980s. By the time he died, his proteges, including Sam Weber (himself a hugely popular performer and teacher), knew some of his material. Weber is a clear, loving, knowledgeable interpreter of the Eddie Brown style. Since Brown was "anything but b.s.," Weber even renames the dance, calling it "The Eddie Brown Choruses." He takes the viewer through the 64 bars of "musical feet" and turns around so you can see what his precision feet are doing. He anticipates your questions. There's also footage of Brown himself dancing. This DVD is produced by Rusty Frank, author of Tap: The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955. Tapping the Source: Tap Dance Stories, Theory, and Practice By Brenda Bufalino. New Paltz, New York New Paltz is both a village and town in the U.S. state of New York. It is also the location of a University College of the State University of New York system.
Tapping pioneer and professor of tapology Brenda Bufalino has written a memoir that covers her Swampscott, MA background, her apprenticeship and partnership with tap legend Honi Coles, her love of nature as a source for creativity, and her vision for the future of tap. Bufalino's story is a personal account of her life as a jazz artist. She opens up thought-provoking questions, such as whether tap historically was too personality driven or whether repertoire and pedagogy will preserve the art. Offering insight into her maverick personality, Bufalino shows her mission as an artist. She takes you around the world on her solo and company tours and to Woodpeckers Tap Dance Center, the home for tap she created in SoHo. Joy2Learn.org: Dancing with Gregory Hines Online educational program, www.joy2learn.org. The joy2learn.org folks produced a web-based program on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). that has to be played on a computer. It is an interactive program where you point and click your way through the last footage Gregory Hines gave the world--talking tap, steps, lore, costumes, and dancers he adored. Originally designed for public school kids, the CD-ROM is fantastic for a last look at the purist pur·ist n. One who practices or urges strict correctness, especially in the use of words. pu·ris  tic adj. and funny Gregory, great for any age tap lover. The Gregory Hines Collection of American Top Dance New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The library recently combined all its tapping videos, audiotapes, memorabilia, film, articles, and books, under Hines' name for more visibility, and to create a substantial collection for the once "lost art" of tap dancing. The collection now houses more than 1,200 items including Letitia Jay's "Tap Happenings" of 1969 as well as special collections donated by contemporary hoofers. There's new footage of Hines as a wee toddler with his older brother Maurice, Jr., introduced by Jackie Gleason. If you study him, you can see how he evolved from what Savion Glover calls "regular" time-step tap dancing into his musically driven, funky, freer style as an adult. Also on tap, rare outtakes from rehearsals of Coppola's film The Cotton Club and guest appearances on TV specials. You'll have to go to the library in person to see this entire collection, but for starters, you can find out what's "tappening" online. www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/hines/in dex.html. |
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