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About Tap/No Maps On My Taps (2-video Set) Email This Page
Filmmaker: George T. Nierenberg
VHS - $ 153.00
Price listed includes Public Performance License.
About Tap
This captivating film focuses on the artistry and style of three of America's leading male tap dancers, Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde and Chuck Green. Introduced by Gregory Hines, who shares his childhood memories of watching and imitating the tap dance greats at the Apollo Theater, ABOUT TAP features simply staged but bravura performances that display this engaging and graceful art at its finest. The films asks the question, "How does an artist discover his own individual style?" Through their recollections and performances, each of the featured dancers offers a distinctive and highly entertaining answer.

No Maps On My Taps
Unique insight into jazz tap dancing as a neglected African- American art form is provided by historical footage and portraits of three surviving "hoofers."

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Running time: n/a, Year released: 2000
Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y
Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
ISBN: n/a
Language: English, Subtitled?: N
For classroom?: Y, Study Guide?: N
Grade level: 7th and up

Other Credits:

GTN Productions
A film by George T. Nierenberg
This title can also be found in: African-American Culture & History, Americana, Artists, Musicians & Performers, Cultural Studies, Dance & Dancers, Theater, U.S.A., Urban Planning/Urban Life
 

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