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Additional authors

1. Bufalino, Brenda.
2. Bufalino, Brenda
3. Strickler, Fred.
4. Ipiotis, Celia.
5. Sommer, Sally R.
6. Bush, Jeffrey C.
7. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Tap dancers Brenda Bufalino and Fred Strickler talk about choreographing tap dance pieces. Bufalino displays a tap shoe and describes the variety of sounds it can produce; she and Strickler discuss how the whole body is involved in tap dancing. They also discuss the role of improvisation in choreography and performance, and demonstrate the different rhythms associated with ragtime, swing, be-bop, Latin, and the waltz. Performance excerpts featuring each guest are interspersed with the interview; at the end of the program, the two join in an improvisation.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance ; 207

Subject

1. Television > Eye on dance
2. Shoes
3. Tap dancing
4. Television > Rhythm's the name of the game
5. Improvisation in dance

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2999

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on November 3, 1986 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on December 12, 1986. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Co-hosts: Sally Sommer and Celia Ipiotis.

Title

1. Rhythm's the name of the game: Dissecting tap [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1986.

Series

1. Eye on dance ; 207

Local subject

1. Television. Rhythm's the name of the game.
2. Television. Eye on dance.

Added author

1. Bufalino, Brenda. Interviewee
2. Bufalino, Brenda, dancer.
3. Strickler, Fred. ive, dancer.
4. Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
5. Sommer, Sally R. Host
6. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
7. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2999