Dance
Dance: Jazz
Books
To locate books about Jazz Dance in the library, try searching "Jazz Dance" or a known dancer or choreographer as a subject heading in Library Search. Below are a few basic books about Jazz Dancing.
- Jazz Dance by Wendy Oliver (Editor); Lindsay Guarino (Editor)Call Number: onlineISBN: 0813049296Publication Date: 2014"A must-read for all dancers as the invaluable historical references and in-depth coverage of the different jazz forms cannot be found in such detail in any other book on the market today."--Debra McWaters, author of Musical Theatre Training "Artfully weaves history and professional perspectives to reveal the boundaries of the jazz dance world. It invites the reader to develop a more complicated definition of jazz dance for the twenty-first century."--Susan A. Lee, Northwestern University The history of jazz dance is best understood by thinking of it as a tree. The roots of jazz dance are African. Its trunk is vernacular, shaped by European influence, and exemplified by the Charleston and the Lindy Hop. From the vernacular have grown many and varied branches, including tap, Broadway, funk, hip-hop, Afro-Caribbean, Latin, pop, club jazz, popping, B-boying, party dances, and more. Unique in its focus on history rather than technique, Jazz Dance offers the only overview of trends and developments since 1960.
- Brotherhood in Rhythm by Constance Valis Hill; Gregory Hines (Introduction by)ISBN: 9780195131666Publication Date: 2000They were two of the most explosive dancers of the twentieth century, dazzling audiences with daredevil splits, slides, and hair-raising flips. But they were also highly sophisticated dancers, refining a centuries-old tradition of percussive dance into the rhythmic brilliance of jazz tap atits zenith. They were Fayard and Harold Nicholas, two American masters masterfully portrayed in this new dual biography by Constance Valis Hill. In Brotherhood in Rhythm, Hill interweaves an intimate portrait of these great performers with a richly detailed history of jazz music and jazz dance, both bringing their act to life and explaining their significance through a colorful analysis of their eloquent footwork, their full-bodiedexpressiveness, and their changing style. Hill vividly captures their soaring careers, from Cotton Club appearances with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Jimmie Lunceford, to film-stealing big-screen performances with Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, and Glen Miller. Drawing on a deep well of research andendless hours of interviews with the Nicholas brothers themselves, she also documents their struggles against the nets of racism and segregation that constantly enmeshed their careers and denied them the recognition they deserved. And to provide essential background to their career and thedevelopment of their art, she also traces the three-hundred-year evolution of jazz tap, showing how it emerged in the Southern colonies in the 1700s, as the Irish jig and West African gioube mutated into the American jig and juba. More than a biography of two talented but underappreciated performers, Brotherhood in Rhythm offers a profound new understanding of this distinctively American art and its intricate links to the history of jazz.
- Jazz Dance by Jean Stearns; Marshall W. Stearns; Brenda Bufalino (Introduction by)Call Number: GV1623 .S67 1979ISBN: 9780306805530Publication Date: 1994"The phrase jazz dance has a special meaning for professionals who dance to jazz music (they use it to describe non-tap body movement); and another meaning for studios coast to coast teaching 'Modern Jazz Dance' (a blend of Euro-American styles that owes little to jazz and less to jazz rhythms). However, we are dealing here with what may eventually be referred to as jazz dance, and we could not think of a more suitable title. "The characteristic that distinguishes American vernacular dance--as does jazz music--is swing, which can be heard, felt, and seen, but defined only with great difficulty. . . ." --from the Introduction
Useful Databases for Dance
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
This multidisciplinary database contains articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as Associated Press (AP) video content (1930s-present).
Contents: Full-text articles and video.
- JSTOR
Includes archival journal collections in the Arts & Sciences and Life Sciences covering language and literature, history, economics, political science, and health sciences.
Contents: Full-text articles and books.
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers the performing arts worldwide, including all aspects of theatre and performance.
Contents: Citations and some full-text for journal articles, books, and dissertation abstracts.
- Met Opera on Demand
Video recordings of New York Metropolitan Opera performances including the Met's Live in HD series, audio recordings, and radio broadcasts. Each opera is accompanied by a synopsis and optional English subtitles.
Contents: Streaming video (1977-present) and streaming audio (1936-present).
Note: Our institutional subscription is not compatible with apps.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text (EBSCO)
Contents: Full-text journal articles, book chapters, catalogues, dissertations, obituaries, editorials, reviews, correspondence, advertisements, and news.
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers sports, sports medicine research, physical fitness, exercise, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, leisure studies, and occupational therapy.
Contents: Full-text journal articles, abstracts, detailed records for sports-related video, and searchable cited references.