DANCE 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hanya Holm, Denishawn School, Herbie Harper
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Blend of cultures: irish step, african step, originally used bottle caps or coins on the bottom of shoes. Minstrel shows: first truly american form of entertainment, all male, all onstage the whole time, dances songs, comedy sketches, etc get up to do their routine and then sit bak down. Soft shoe: no special shoes required, sometimes in sand, movement more important than the sound, tapping and sliding in rhythm, bigger movements. Vaudeville: family friendly variety shows, dancers, singers, actors, clowns, acrobats, jugglers, animal trainers, etc, toured the country, tap became increasingly popular, ragtime/jazz music began to spread. Bill bojangles robinson: tapped on his toes (balls of his feet, danced upright and swinging , gave tap a lightness and presence not seen before - marshall. Busby berkeley: hollywood choreographer and movie director, choreographed many movie musicals with complex geometric patterns an lots of show girls moving stages, massive sets to create and image.
