Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches

Index

301 INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Abdul, Paula, 31, 71, 178, 179, 182 Academy of Swing, 208 Aesthetic of the cool, 6, 25, 41, 61, 66 Africa(n): aesthetic, 1, 12–15, 25, 35–43, 68, 165, 169–70, 210, 235, 236, 238, 250, 257, 270, 271, 280–86; dance, 3–7, 37–43, 139–40, 169, 172, 186, 187–88, 271, 280–86; diaspora, 35–43, 207, 250; roots, 3, 13–14, 35–43, 45–47, 55, 59, 139–42, 240, 274, 280–86; study abroad, 223–24; tradition, 210 African-American, aesthetic, 60, 164–73, 235; concert dance, 164–73; culture, 3, 14, 30, 67, 165, 184–92, 274; expression, 14, 188, 214; in film, 240–47; in France, 250, 255–59; and hip-hop, 137, 184–92, 238, 245–47; and minstrel shows, 40–41, 140–42, 249; and music, 14, 26, 46–54, 254; musicals, 50, 54, 144, 222; and racism , 141, 171, 231–39, 240–47; rhythms, 139, 140; social dance/vernacular dance, 3, 5–6, 26, 30, 35, 38–43, 46–54, 64, 78, 92, 139–51, 184–92, 208–10, 240–47, 281; studies, 207–8, 210–11; values, 191 African-American concert dance, 164–73 African diasporic dance, 165–72, 291; and Katherine Dunham, 89–95, 156–57, 166 Afro-Caribbean, 26, 91, 184, 185, 188, 191, 251 Afro-Caribbean dance, 26, 184, 188 Afro-Cuban music, 70, 85, 95 Afropean, 254 Agati, Bruno, 257 Agon, 23 Ailey, Alvin, 11, 137, 164, 167, 168, 172, 174 Alexander, Bob, 126 Ali Baba Goes to Town, 242 All That Jazz, 101, 158 Alton, Robert, 114, 154 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, 161 “America” (West Side Story), 128, 157 America Dances, 166 American Authentic Jazz Dance Company, 79–80 Americana Suite, 92 American Ballet Theatre, 161 American Bandstand, 234, 239 American cinema, 240, 247, 299 American Dance Festival, 122 American Dance Machine, 175, 182 American in Paris, An, 113 American Rhythm Dancing, 268, 273–77 America’s Got Talent, 201 Animal dances, 4, 38, 47, 186; Buzzard Lope, 4, 38, 39, 69, 186 anthropology, dance, 89, 166, 261 Anything Goes, 146, 154 Apollo’s Angels, 191, 193 Apollo Theatre, 50, 287 Appins, Leroy, 51 appropriation, blending of European and African aesthetics, 5, 43; concept of, 170; of African aesthetic, 250; of AfricanAmerican vernacular dance, 234, 237, 243; of hip-hop dance, 190, 238, 245, 246 Arará, 281 Armstrong, Geraldine, 255, 257, 289 artistry vs. tricks, 154, 156, 160, 181, 201, 202 Asquiew, Jeff, 51 assimilation of black culture, 80, 92, 143, 193, 208, 241 Astaire, Fred, 18, 55, 147–48, 171, 176, 275, 276; and Adele, 144, 146, 154 Atkins, Cholly, 50, 60, 145, 148, 179, 188 Audy, Bob, 8 302 · Index authentic jazz dance, 5, 24–29, 188, 240–44, 251; and Pepsi Bethel, 63, 75, 77–80; in concert dance companies, 291, 292 authenticity, 245, 281 Baby Laurence, 53, 148 Backstreet Boys, 179 Baker, Josephine, 145, 250 Balanchine, George, 54, 121, 148, 151, 154–56, 171 Ballet Jazz Art, 289 Ballin’ the Jack, 6, 47 Ballroom, 47–50, 52, 55, 84, 147, 199 Bal Nègre, 156 Bandwagon, The, 120 Barbaste, Wayne, 258 Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 150 Basil, Toni, 178 Basin Street Revue, 77 B-boying, 184, 185 beatboxing, 30 “Beat It,” 177, 179, 180 Beatty, Talley, 128, 166, 167, 171–73 bebop, 26, 33, 52, 58, 70 Bell Telephone Hour, The, 121 Benatar, Pat, 177, 180 Benjamin, Fred, 63, 131 Bennett, Michael, 156, 159, 160, 163, 174 Berkeley, Busby, 144, 147 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The, 160 Best Special Theatrical Event Award, 162 Bethel, Pepsi, 63, 73, 75–80 Beyoncé, 180, 182, 203 B-Fats, 186 Bharata Natyam, 83, 87 Big Daddy Kane, 187 “Big Spender,” 98, 99 Black, Phil, 63, 112 Black and Blue, 62, 149, 151 Black Arts movement, 165, 171 Blackbirds of 1928, 145 Black Bottom, 41, 69, 92, 293 blackface, 40, 141, 242, 247, 249, 278 black studies/African-American studies, 207–8, 210–11, 295 blues, the, 46, 67, 127 Blues Suite, 11 Bolger, Ray, 145 Boogaloo, 71, 184, 193 Born Happy, 78 Boyz, The, 187 Bradley, Buddy, 50, 144 breakdance, breaking, 7, 30, 185, 186, 193, 238 Breakin’, 178, 185, 186 Breakin’ 2, 185 Briggs, Bunny, 148, 149 Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk, 128, 151 British jazz, 249–55, 259, 261–67 Broadway, 54, 62, 127, 153–61; and Jack Cole, 84–85, 156, 236–37; and Bob Fosse, 97...