Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bubbles, John W.
2. Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
3. Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
4. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (21 min., 57 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Part of the documentation of the week-long tap dancing workshop By word of foot I, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on October 13-18, 1980. Beginning of the second "Cocktail hour with John Bubbles," a series of four conversations between Bubbles and Jane Goldberg. Throughout this session Bubbles discusses and sings songs he has written. He discusses combining dancing with talking or writing; tells anecdotes about Fred Astaire, Marilyn Miller, and Dick Powell; and recalls how he created the role of Sportin' Life in George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Other topics are racial prejudice, and learning tap steps from others. This session continues on *MGZIC 9-5729 and *MGZIC 9-5727.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Jane Goldberg.

Series statement

1. Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Dance > Anecdotes
3. Interviews
4. Video
5. Tap dancing
6. Television > By word of foot
7. Dance workshops and workshop performances
8. Opera ballet > Porgy and Bess

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 7513

Note

1. Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
2. For the completed documentary on this workshop, see *MGZIC 9-5600 By word of foot I.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewee: John Bubbles.
2. Interviewer: Jane Goldberg.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 16, 1980.

Title

1. By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles [videorecording]

Imprint

1. October 16, 1980.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.

Performer

1. Interviewee: John Bubbles.
2. Interviewer: Jane Goldberg.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 16, 1980.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5743.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Opera ballet. Porgy and Bess.
2. Dance workshops and workshop performances.
3. Television. By word of foot.

Added author

1. Bubbles, John W. Interviewee. Singer
2. Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Interviewer
3. Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
4. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 7513