Cassette 1. Class taught by Steve Condos (ca. 30 min.).
Panel discussion: But can she tap (ca. 30 min.) / panelists, Mable Lee, Marion Coles, Birdie Lee (?) Woods, Andrea Levine, Pamela Sommers, Clara Phoebe Hetherington, Dorothy Anderson (?), Brenda Bufalino, Amy Duncan, Sally Banes, Tina Pratt ; introduced by Jane Goldberg. The panelists describe how they started tap dancing, then examine questions of whether there are male and female images or styles in tap ; how gender stereotypes affect audience perceptions ; whether the difference in men's and women's tap shoes affect the performer.
Cassette 2. Continuation of panel discussion (ca. 25 min.) / The panelists discuss whether the notion of competition and challenge is as prevalent among women as it is among men, and whether and how women compete against men ; whether there is a social exclusion of women tap dancers comparable to that of women visual artists ; and the effects of the 20-year dormancy of tap dancing. A question-and-answer period concludes the session.
Informal performances by panelists (ca. 13 min.) / danced in order of appearance by Clara Hetherington, Andrea Levine, Tina Pratt, Brenda Bufalino, Jane Goldberg and Marion Coles (duet), Mable Lee.
Call number
*MGZIDF 7588
Note
Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Remastered on Betacam by Dance Collection.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
Videotaped at New York University, New York, on December 4, 1982.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
By word of foot II, Steve Condos and Panel: But can she tap [electronic resource]
Imprint
1982.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Series
Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
Event
Videotaped at New York University, New York, on December 4, 1982.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.