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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Dance -- United States -- History.
Dance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Dance music -- United States -- History.
Dance music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jitterbug (Dance) -- History.
Swing (Dance) -- History.
Mambo (Dance) -- History.
Waltz -- History.
Lindy (Dance) -- History.
Rumba (Dance) -- History.
Charleston (Dance) -- History.
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America dances! 1897...
MARC Display
America dances! 1897-1948 [digital videodisc] : a collector's edition of social dance in film / Dancetime Publications ; Carol Téten, collector and organizer.
[Kentfield, CA] : Dancetime Publications, c2003.
Subjects
Dance -- United States -- History.
Dance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Dance music -- United States -- History.
Dance music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jitterbug (Dance) -- History.
Swing (Dance) -- History.
Mambo (Dance) -- History.
Waltz -- History.
Lindy (Dance) -- History.
Rumba (Dance) -- History.
Charleston (Dance) -- History.
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents:
1897-1919 : from the Cakewalk to the Castle walk. Charity Ball ; Foxy Grandpa & Polly in a little hilarity ; Cakewalk ; Comedy Cakewalk ; Comedy Cakewalk on beach ; One step : Everybody's doin' it now ; Comic Fox Trot with Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Drew ; Airplane Waltz ; Two Step ; Irene and Vernon Castle : the whirl of life -- 1920-1929 : from the Blackbottom to the Lindy Hop. Let's do The Blackbottom ; Charleston basics ; Charleston and Blackbottom ; Charleston in newsreels ; Charleston dance contests ; Charleston contests ; Ballroom acrobats ; Shimmy ; Raggedy Ann, Tangolio ; Kinkerjeu, Lindy Whirl, Yankee Prance ; Old fashioned Waltz ; Lindy Hop introduction ; Lindy Hop -- 1930-1939+ : from dance marathons to Lindy Hop / Jitterbug contests. Dance marathon newsreels ; 8 couples remain in grueling 3 month dancing marathon ; Exhausted couples drag fatigued feet in endurance walk ; Tired couples totter on feet over 2,500 hours ; Endurance dancers still seek record after 5 months ; Lambeth Walk ; Waltz : New York City ; Waltz, Rumba, Mambo : Harvest Moon Ball ; New style Rhumba makes a hit with winter tourists ; Susie Q basics ; Big Apple basics ; Big Apple dance: a Tarheel stomp agitates country ; From the Minuet to the Big Apple ; Big Apple : keep punching ; Collegiate Shag ; 200,000 Jitterbugs go slap happy at Swing Jamboree ; Beach resort has new slant on Jitterbug ; A dizzy round of Jitterbug and Jive hits the big town ; Lindy Hop : Harvest Moon Ball ; Lindy Hop/Jitterbug Jive : New York City ; Lindy Hop : Harvest Moon Ball ; Lindy Hop : Harvest Time in Rhythm ; Lindy Hop : newsreel -- 1939-1948 : from romantic dance to acrobatic classics. Waltz : Irene Castle at the world's fair ; Adagio : may I have the next trance With you? ; Adagio : dreamland of mine ; Cuban Pete ; A Rumba story ; Rumba with spice ; Mexican Jumping Bean ; Conga Loca ; Rhumba Serenade : mi Rumba ; Lindy Hop : keep punching ; Lindy Hop : Cottontail (Hot Chocolates) ; Lindy Hop : boy! what a girl! ; Lindy Hop : killer diller.
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Summary:
Includes 60 historical dance film clips from the first part of the 20th century in the United States, recording changing dance trends, expertise, and taste, and reflecting United States culture through the years. This dance retrospective spans the panorama from average Americans dancing in newsreels to top quality performers who have left a legacy of dance moves across the ballroom floor.
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
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Hawaii State Library
DVD -- DVD, Nonfiction, AV Room
DVD NF
Checked out
05/22/2024
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