Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Slyde, Jimmy.
2. Slyde, Jimmy
3. Condos, Steve.
4. Condos, Steve
5. Kriegsman, Sali Ann.
6. Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts.
7. American Dance Experience (Concert series : Washington, D.C.)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (42 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Lecture-demonstration by tap dancers Jimmy Slyde and Steve Condos. Introduction by Sali Ann Kriegsman, who discusses the legacy of dancer Baby Laurence (Laurence Donald Jackson) prior to the screening of the film The jazz hoofer (not recorded on tape). Slyde and Condos then discuss various aspects of tap dancing and improvisation, and respond to questions and comments from the audience. They perform an "a cappella" improvisation and conclude the lecture-demonstration by dancing to their own vocalizations. For the performance presented by Slyde and Condos in conjunction with this lecture-demonstration, see: *MGZIDVD 5-1945 Jazz tap masters.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

1. Improvisation in dance
2. Television > Jazz tap workshop
3. Laurence, Baby
4. Tap dancing

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3095

Note

1. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., as part of the American Dance Experience concert series. Videotaped in performance at Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., on February 27, 1983.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Jazz tap workshop [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1983.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1114.

Local subject

1. Television. Jazz tap workshop.

Local subject

1. Improvisation in dance.

Added author

1. Slyde, Jimmy. Commentator
2. Slyde, Jimmy, dancer.
3. Condos, Steve. Commentator
4. Condos, Steve, dancer.
5. Kriegsman, Sali Ann. Commentator
6. Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts.
7. American Dance Experience (Concert series : Washington, D.C.)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3095