Tap Dancing: Rhythm in Their Feet
by Heather Rees
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Tap Dancing - Rhythm in their Feet is a practical guide to this fascinating form of dance. The author first gives some insight into the history of tap and the influence of some of the great 'foot percussion artists' before going on to explore the principles of rhythm and timing, the tempo of tap music, techniques, style and choreography. Topics include: · History and development of tap dancing · Floors, shoes and costume · Music, rhythm and choreography · Traditional steps and time steps show more · Planning classes and exercises · Sequences and routines · Improvisation and developing individual style AUTHOR: Heather Rees started dancing at the age of three. She trained in classical ballet with Marguerite Thomas in Penarth and learned 'American' tap with Gertrude Beaton. In her late teens she was introduced to the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, for whom she eventually became an examiner. She teaches both in the UK and overseas, and continues to attend Master Classes. 156 b/w photo show lessTags
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Heather Rees, inspired by the films of Fred Astaire, studied tap in Britain and, later, with masters in Los Angeles and New York. She was one of a small committee that devised new tap grades and major syllabuses for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. At present she teaches and choreographs in the UK and overseas, and continues to attend show more master classes in the USA show less
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- 792.78 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Stage presentations Variety shows and theatrical dancing; burlesque, cabaret, vaudeville, music hall, nightclubs Theatrical dancing; tap dancing
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- GV1794 .R44 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Dancing
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