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Additional authors

1. Wasser, Beverly
2. Bufalino, Brenda
3. Coles, Marion
4. Lee, Mable
5. McNamara, Josephine
6. Hines, Gregory
7. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
8. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991.
9. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002
10. Gifford, Kathie Lee, 1953-
11. Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
12. Hill, Constance Valis.
13. Browne, Harriet
14. Safford, Sarah
15. Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
16. ABC Television Network.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (12 min.) : sd., col. NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Compilation of performance excerpts and a news telecast.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Jane Goldberg.

Uniform title

1. Sole sisters (Tap dance revue)

Subject

1. Tap dancing
2. Irish step dancing
3. Television > Sole sisters
4. Video
5. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Sole sisters [performance excerpts] (ca. 9 min.) / recorded at Greenwich House, New York, in June 1985 ; producer, Jane Goldberg ; director, Constance Valis-Hill ; [video] director, Maria Degenhardt. Among the excerpts are: Sand/Little pony / choreographed and performed by Harriet Browne -- Post partum blues / choreographed by Sarah Safford ; performed by Safford, her baby, and others -- Irish sole / performed by Irish step dancer Josephine McNamara.
2. Good morning America (ca. 3 min.) / presented on ABC-TV's Good morning America program on July 16, 1985 ; reporter, Kathie Lee Gifford. News story on the renaissance of tap dancing, highlighting the Sole sisters performance. Also includes footage of classes and rehearsals ; brief interviews with Jane Goldberg, Marion Coles, Gregory Hines, and Charles "Cookie" Cook ; and impromptu dancing by Hines, Cook, Buster Brown, and others at the conclusion of a Sole sisters performance.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5160

Title

1. Sole sisters [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1985.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Performed by Changing Times Tap Dancing Company: Jane Goldberg, Sarah Safford, and Beverly Wasser, with guests Brenda Bufalino, Harriet Browne, Marion Coles, Mable Lee, and Josephine McNamara.

Local subject

1. Television. Sole sisters.
2. Irish step dancing.

Added author

1. Wasser, Beverly, dancer.
2. Bufalino, Brenda, dancer.
3. Coles, Marion, dancer. Interviewee
4. Lee, Mable, dancer.
5. McNamara, Josephine, dancer.
6. Hines, Gregory, dancer.
7. Hines, Gregory, interviewee.
8. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991, dancer.
9. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991. Interviewee
10. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002, dancer.
11. Gifford, Kathie Lee, 1953- Reporter
12. Goldberg, Jane, 1948- pro, dancer. Interviewee
13. Hill, Constance Valis. Director
14. Browne, Harriet, choreographer, dancer.
15. Safford, Sarah, choreographer, dancer.
16. Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
17. ABC Television Network.

Added title

1. Sole sisters (Tap dance revue)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5160