Description
Product ID: | 9780306805530 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Jazz Dance |
Subtitle: | The Story Of American Vernacular Dance |
Authors: | Author: Jean Stearns, Marshall Stearns |
Page Count: | 508 |
Subjects: | Dance, Dance, Popular music, Popular music, Jazz, Blues, USA |
Description: | The Story of American Vernacular Dance "The phrase jazz dance has a special meaning for professionals who dance to jazz music (they use it to describe non-tap body movement); and another meaning for studios coast to coast teaching ''Modern Jazz Dance'' (a blend of Euro-American styles that owes little to jazz and less to jazz rhythms). However, we are dealing here with what may eventually be referred to as jazz dance, and we could not think of a more suitable title. "The characteristic that distinguishes American vernacular dance--as does jazz music--is swing, which can be heard, felt, and seen, but defined only with great difficulty. . . ." --from the Introduction |
Imprint Name: | Da Capo Press Inc |
Publisher Name: | Hachette Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1994-03-22 |