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By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters

Title
By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters [electronic resource]
Publication
1985.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Bufalino, Brenda.
  • Lee, Mable.
  • Perri, Laraine.
  • Browne, Harriet.
  • McNamara, Josephine.
  • Cook, Charles, 1917-1991.
  • Brown, Buster, 1913-2002.
  • Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
  • Sole Sisters (Performing group)
  • Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (43 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Excerpts from classes taught as part of the By Word of Foot Tap Teach In, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on June 29-30, 1985, in conjunction with performances by the Sole Sisters. The tape also includes unedited footage of interviews with students and instructors, recorded for the television program Good morning America.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Jane Goldberg.
Series Statement
Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  • Instructors: Brenda Bufalino, Mable Lee, Harriet Browne, Jo McNamara, Charles "Cookie" Cook.
  • Interviewees: Roberta Richardson, Laraine Perri, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Buster Brown.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at Broadway Dance Center, New York, on June 30, 1985.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Contents
  • Tap dancing class taught by Brenda Bufalino (ca. 9 min.).
  • Tap dancing class taught by Mable Lee (ca. 5 min.).
  • Interviews with students Roberta Richardson, a dance teacher from Washington, D.C., and Laraine Perri, a New York-based dancer (ca. 2 min.).
  • Tap dancing class taught by Harriet Browne (ca. 8 min.), focusing on her sand dance.
  • Irish step dancing class taught by Jo McNamara (ca. 2 min.).
  • Interview with instructor Charles "Cookie" Cook (ca. 8 min.), preceded by footage of a conversation between Cookie and an unidentified woman.
  • Tap dancing class taught by Charles "Cookie" Cook (ca. 3 min.).
  • Interview with Buster Brown (ca. 5 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 7580
OCLC
NYPY98-F3135
Title
By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters [electronic resource]
Imprint
1985.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
Event
Videotaped at Broadway Dance Center, New York, on June 30, 1985.
Performer
Instructors: Brenda Bufalino, Mable Lee, Harriet Browne, Jo McNamara, Charles "Cookie" Cook.
Interviewees: Roberta Richardson, Laraine Perri, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Buster Brown.
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 9-5712.
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Local Subject
Irish step dancing.
Added Author
Bufalino, Brenda. Teacher
Lee, Mable. Teacher
Perri, Laraine. Interviewee
Browne, Harriet. Teacher
McNamara, Josephine. Teacher
Cook, Charles, 1917-1991. Interviewee
Brown, Buster, 1913-2002. Interviewee
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Interviewer
Sole Sisters (Performing group)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 7580
*MGZIC 9-5712 (former)
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