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What the eye hears : a history of tap dancing  Cover Image Book Book

What the eye hears : a history of tap dancing / Brian Seibert.

Seibert, Brian, (author.).

Summary:

A history of tap dancing explores its role as an art form that creates its own music, tracing its origins in African traditions and other folk dance forms, its growth on the stage and screen, and its reinvention by a new generation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374536510
  • ISBN: 0374536511
  • Physical Description: vi, 612 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First paperback edition, 2016"--Title page verso.
Originally published in 2015.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-574) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: First steps -- Part II: Everybody's Doing It Now -- Part III: America's natural way of dancing Part IV: Out of step -- Part V: Putting the shoes back on -- Part VI: An American tradition, a global art.
Subject: Tap dancing > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library 792.78 SEIB (Text) 34455007033521 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -


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