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CONTENTS List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Introduction xv Wendy Oliver Part I What Is Jazz Dance? 1 1 Jazz Dance as a Continuum 3 Patricia Cohen 2 The Family of Jazz Dance 8 Bob Boross 3 A Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Manifesto 12 Sheron Wray 4 If Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music! 17 Billy Siegenfeld 5 Jazz Dance Styles 24 Lindsay Guarino and Wendy Oliver, with author contributions Part II Jazz Dance History 33 6 The African Origins of an American Art Form 35 Takiyah Nur Amin 7 Jazz Dance from Emancipation to 1970 45 Jill Flanders Crosby and Michèle Moss 8 Jazz Dance from 1970 into the Twenty-First Century 59 Jill Flanders Crosby and Michèle Moss 9 Historical Movement Chart 69 Tom Ralabate Part III Master Teachers and Choreographers, 1930–1990 73 10 The Authentic Jazz Dance Legacy of Pepsi Bethel 75 Karen Hubbard 11 Jack Cole and Theatrical Jazz Dance 82 Teal Darkenwald 12 Katherine Dunham’s Mark on Jazz Dance 89 Saroya Corbett 13 Bob Fosse’s Jazz Revolution 97 Cheryl Mrozowski 14 The Legacy of Gus Giordano 103 Michael McStraw 15 Frank Hatchett’s Jazz Dance 109 Bob Boross 16 Luigi, Jazz Dance Icon 113 Patricia Cohen 17 The“Free Style”Jazz Dance of Matt Mattox 119 Bob Boross 18 Donald McKayle, Jazz Dance Then and Now 125 Bob Boross 19 Lynn Simonson and Simonson Technique 130 Kimberly Karpanty Part IV Related Forms and Styles 137 20 Tappin’Jazz Lines 139 Ray Miller 21 Jazz Dance in the Broadway Musical 153 Kirsten Harvey 22 The Transmission of African-American Concert Dance and American Jazz Dance 164 Gill Wright Miller [3.231.222.84] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 13:45 GMT) 23 Jazz Dance, Pop Culture, and the Music Video Era 174 Melanie George 24 Hip-Hop Dance as Community Expression and Global Phenomenon 184 Moncell Durden Part V Perspectives on Teaching and Training 195 25 Jazz Dance Training via Private Studios, Competitions, and Conventions 197 Lindsay Guarino 26. Jazz Dance in Higher Education 207 Kim Chandler Vaccaro 27. Jazz Dance as a Gateway to Community Engagement 217 Lynnette Young Overby Part VI Contemporary Topics in Jazz Dance 229 28 Jazz Dance and Racism 231 Carlos Jones 29 Vernacular Jazz Dance and Race in Hollywood Cinema 240 Susie Trenka 30 Jazz Dance as American Export in France and the United Kingdom 249 Sheron Wray 31 A Study of the Power of Club Jazz in 1980s London 261 Michèle Scott 32 Performing Energy: American Rhythm Dancing and the Articulation of the Inarticulate 268 Billy Siegenfeld 33 A Journey into the Heart of Jazz Dance 279 Jill Flanders Crosby Appendix: A Sampling of Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Companies 289 List of Contributors 295 Index 301 Dancer Paige Sabo in a pose inspired by Bob Fosse. Photo by Ed Flores: edflores.com; dance and art photography, Tucson, AZ. ...