Tappin' at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper

[Cheryl M. Willis] ☆ Tappin at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper ✓ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Tappin at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper Gregory Allen Tyson said It is a fantastic social and cultural study of the era. This book is the one to read if one wants to learn about Black American dancers in the first half of the It is a fantastic social and cultural study of the era according to Gregory Allen Tyson. This book is the one to read if one wants to learn about Black American dancers in the first half of the 20th century. The pictures are rare and the accompanying commentary accurately explains the dance scene at that time.

Author	:	Cheryl M. Willis
Rating	:	4.97 (694 Votes)
Asin	:	1476662703
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	256 Pages
Publish Date	:	2017-10-02
Language	:	English

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Selected as National Dance Educator of the Year in 2000, she has toured the U.S. Willis's doctoral work in dance focused on African American studies and children's dance. About the AuthorCheryl M. and Canada presenting workshops on creative dance, and has published extensively on tap dance and creative movement. She lives in Vancouver, Washington.

Gregory Allen Tyson said It is a fantastic social and cultural study of the era. This book is the one to read if one wants to learn about Black American dancers in the first half of the "It is a fantastic social and cultural study of the era" according to Gregory Allen Tyson. This book is the one to read if one wants to learn about Black American dancers in the first half of the 20th century. The pictures are rare and the accompanying commentary accurately explains the dance scene at that time. It is a fantastic social and cu. 0th century. The pictures are rare and the accompanying commentary accurately explains the dance scene at that time. It is a fantastic social and cu

Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl "Fatha" Hines. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.. In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia

and Canada presenting workshops on creative dance, and has published extensively on tap dance and creative movement. Selected as National Dance Educator of the Year in 2000, she has toured the U.S. Willis's doctoral work in dance focused on African American studies and children's dance. She lives