Cheryl M. Willis

Tappin' at the Apollo

The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl "Fatha" Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781476662701
• ISBN-10: 1476662703
• Artikelnr.: 43548799

Autorenporträt

Cheryl M. Willis's doctoral work in dance focused on African American studies and children's dance. Selected as National Dance Educator of the Year in 2000, she has toured the U.S. and Canada presenting workshops on creative dance, and has published extensively on tap dance and creative movement. She lives in Vancouver, Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1.
A Look at the Years That Roared 2.
Dancing on the Corner 3.
Steppin' on Stage 4.
Candi and Pepper 5.
Salt and Pepper 6.
The Apollo Theater 7.
The Best Year of My Life 8.
All Aboard for the East Coast 9.
Crossing the Line 10.
Down in Dixie 11.
Chicago 12.
On Midwestern Soil 13.
"The Girls" 14.
Canadian Jazz 15.
A Sweet Moment Slips Away Epilogue: What Do We Do Now? Appendix I: Schedule of Performances Appendix II: In Memory of a Generation Who Performed Chapter Notes Bibliography Index