Brotherhood in Rhythm
The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers, 20th Anniversary Edition
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 1 April 2022
- ISBN 9780197523971
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 157x244x22 mm
- Weight 635 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 63 historic photographs 175
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Short description:
A richly detailed history of jazz music and jazz dance, the 20th-Anniversary Edition of Brotherhood in Rhythm brings the Nicholas Brothers' act to life, explaining their significance through a colourful analysis of their eloquent footwork, their full-bodied expressiveness, and the evolution of their style.
MoreLong description:
When the Nicholas Brothers danced, uptown at the Cotton Club, downtown at the Roxy, in segregated movie theatres in the South, and dance halls across the country, audiences cheered, clapped, stomped their feet, and shouted out uncontrollably. Their exuberant style of American theatrical dance--a melding of jazz, tap, acrobatics, black vernacular dance, and witty repartee--was dazzling. Though daredevil flips, slides, and hair-raising splits made them show-stoppers, the Nicholas Brothers were also highly sophisticated dancers who refined a centuries-old tradition of percussive dance into the rhythmic brilliance of jazz tap.
In Brotherhood in Rhythm, author Constance Valis Hill interweaves an intimate portrait of these great performers with a richly detailed history of jazz music and jazz dance, both bringing their act to life and explaining their significance through a colourful analysis of their eloquent footwork, their full-bodied expressiveness, and their changing style. Hill vividly captures their soaring careers, from the Cotton Club appearances with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Jimmy Lunceford, to film-stealing big-screen performances with Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller.
Drawing on a deep well of research and endless hours of interviews with the Nicholas brothers themselves, she also documents their struggles against the nets of racism and segregation that constantly enmeshed their careers and denied them the recognition they deserved. More than a biography of two immensely talented but underappreciated performers, Brotherhood in Rhythm offers a profound understanding of this distinctively American art and its intricate links to the history of jazz.
Those with limited dance background will find that the book is accessible and offers plentiful photographs throughout...An invaluable resource for those interested in tap dance from the Harlem Renaissance and swing era to bebop.
Table of Contents:
Dedication
Foreword to the First Edition
Gregory Hines
Foreword to the 20th Anniversary Edition
Maurice Hines
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Born into Jazz
2. Brothers (1914-1931)
3. Blackbirds in New York (1932-1934)
4. All-Colored Comedy (1934-1936)
5. Babes on Broadway (1936-1938)
6. Class Act and Challenge (1938-1945)
7. Forties Swing, Hollywood Flash (1940-1945)
8. Converging Styles (1942-1945)
9. Swing to Bop (1945-1958)
10. Nostalgia, and All That Jazz (1964-1989)
11. Resurgence (1980-1989)
12. Legacy
Notes
Glossary
Chronology of Performance
Bibliography
Index
