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LEONARD REED
PLAY: Leonard Reed's Shim Sham Shimmy, with Rusty Frank New Feature! Flashcards to reinforce the lesson are now available on Quizlet...
Thelma Goldberg
Dec 28, 20201 min read


THE WHITMAN SISTERS
READ: The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville (George-Graves, N., 2000) New Feature! Flashcards to reinforce the lesson available now on Quizlet...
Thelma Goldberg
Dec 21, 20201 min read


VAUDEVILLE (1880s – 1930s)
PLAY: Historic Footage- Vaudeville Acts 1898 to 1910 (Part 1 of 2) New Feature! Quizlet Flashcards to help reinforce the lesson. Quizlet...
Thelma Goldberg
Dec 14, 20201 min read


CAKEWALK
PLAY: 10 second clip of five African-American dancers perform a cakewalk, 1903. NEW FEATURE: Flashcards to reinforce the lesson are now...
Thelma Goldberg
Dec 7, 20201 min read


MINSTRELSY
PLAY: A Brief History of the Minstrel Show PLAY: The History of Jim Crow Laws - Part 1 PLAY: Blackface: A cultural history of a racist...
Thelma Goldberg
Nov 30, 20201 min read


WALTZ CLOG
TEACHING TIP: Essential to doing a waltz clog is being able to transfer weight and complete a shuffle. READ: TapWorks: A Tap Dance...
Thelma Goldberg
Nov 23, 20201 min read


MASTER JUBA
PLAY: A Brief History of the Minstrel Show PLAY: AmericanTap | Master Juba | Dance Magazine NEW FEATURE: Flashcards to reinforce the...
Thelma Goldberg
Nov 16, 20201 min read


EARLY TAP HISTORY (1600s – 1830s)
PLAY: Blacks and Vaudeville, PBS Documentary PLAY: The Pickanniny Dance, 1894 READ: Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance...
Thelma Goldberg
Nov 9, 20201 min read


JENI LEGON
PLAY: Living in a Great Big Way with Bill Robinson (1935) GET: Living in a Great Big Way (1999 documentary by Grant Greshuck) READ:What...
Thelma Goldberg
Nov 2, 20201 min read


BILL “BOJANGLES” ROBINSON
Play: Bojangles Stair Dance Play: Bill Robinson Puts on a Show 1935 Read: Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That! By Leo and...
Thelma Goldberg
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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