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The American Dance Floor Ser.: Swing Dancing by Tamara Stevens and Erin Stevens (2011, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313375178

ISBN-139780313375170

eBay Product ID (ePID)99686547

Product Key Features

Number of Pages248 Pages

Publication NameSwing Dancing

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

SubjectPopular Culture, Dance / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorTamara Stevens, Erin Stevens

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science

SeriesThe American Dance Floor Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2010-053906

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal793.3/3

Table Of ContentSeries 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

SynopsisFrom 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., 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberGV1796.S85S74 2011