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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins

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Title
By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins
Names
Collins, Leon (Teacher)
Roberts, Jim (Instrumentalist)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Director)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Interviewer)
Collins, Leon (Speaker)
Collection

Jane Goldberg Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980-10-16
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7508
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5738 (former)
Topics
Tap dancing
Tap dancing -- Study and teaching
Dance -- Anecdotes
Genres
Filmed dance
Interviews
Video recordings
Notes
Content: Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Content: For the completed documentary on this workshop, see *MGZIC 9-5600 By word of foot I.
Venue: Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 16, 1980.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (21 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Part of the documentation of the week-long tap dancing workshop By word of foot I, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on October 13-18, 1980. To begin his 10AM class, Leon Collins discusses and demonstrates his use of music in his dancing and teaching. He then looks back on his early career as part of a six-man act in Chicago in a show called The chimes of Normandy (a version of Bill Robinson's Hot Mikado) and later in an act called Leon and Eddie, with Eddie Martin. This session continues on *MGZIC 9-5736.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3102
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13873405
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 754b0f50-7b96-0135-b59d-7b3aef204d49
Rights Statement
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  • 1980: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/105468f5-d728-414a-ace0-8fd10136726b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/105468f5-d728-414a-ace0-8fd10136726b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/105468f5-d728-414a-ace0-8fd10136726b

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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins