Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991.
2. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002.
3. Brown, Ernest.
4. Meyers, Leroy.
5. Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
6. Sommer, Sally R.
7. Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
8. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (49 min.) : sd., b&w

Summary

1. Part of the documentation of By word of foot II, a tap dancing festival presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on December 3 and 4, 1982. Panel discussion on comedy and tap dancing. The panelists discuss and demonstrate why tap lends itself more readily to comedy than other dance forms ; what makes a step funny ; different types of humor (i.e., slapstick and other types of physical humor, jokes and verbal humor) ; developing the material ; comic timing ; the undercurrent of sadness or tragedy in comedy. At the end of the panel Buster Brown, later joined by Ernest Brown, sings and demonstrates "Ballin' the jack."

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. Comedy in dance
2. Humor in dance
3. Dance
4. Panel discussions
5. Dance workshops and workshop performances
6. Tap dancing
7. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Panel discussions.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 7587

Note

1. Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
2. Remastered on Betacam by Dance Collection.

Access (note)

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

Performer (note)

1. Moderator: Sally R. Sommer.
2. Panelists: Charles "Cookie" Cook, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, Leroy Meyers, Jane Goldberg, Buster Brown.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at New York University, New York, on December 4, 1982.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Title

1. By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel [electronic resource]

Imprint

1. 1982.

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.

Event

1. Videotaped at New York University, New York, on December 4, 1982.

Performer

1. Moderator: Sally R. Sommer.
2. Panelists: Charles "Cookie" Cook, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, Leroy Meyers, Jane Goldberg, Buster Brown.

Restricted access

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

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5719.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Comedy in dance.
2. Humor in dance.
3. Dance workshops and workshop performances.

Added author

1. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991. Speaker
2. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002. Speaker. sng, dancer.
3. Brown, Ernest. spk, dancer.
4. Meyers, Leroy. Speaker
5. Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Speaker
6. Sommer, Sally R. Moderator
7. Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
8. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 7587
2. *MGZIC 9-5719 (former)