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By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel

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Jane Goldberg Video Archive

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By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel

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Title
By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel
Names
Cook, Charles, 1917-1991 (Speaker)
Brown, Buster, 1913-2002 (Speaker)
Brown, Ernest (Speaker)
Meyers, Leroy (Speaker)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Speaker)
Sommer, Sally R (Moderator)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Collection

Jane Goldberg Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1982-12-04
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7587
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5719 (former)
Topics
Tap dancing
Genres
Panel discussions
Video recordings
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Performers: Moderator: Sally R. Sommer.
Performers: Panelists: Charles "Cookie" Cook, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, Leroy Meyers, Jane Goldberg, Buster Brown.
Venue: Videotaped at New York University, New York, on December 4, 1982.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betamax) (49 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
Part of the documentation of By word of foot II, a tap dancing festival presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on December 3 and 4, 1982. Panel discussion on comedy and tap dancing. The panelists discuss and demonstrate why tap lends itself more readily to comedy than other dance forms ; what makes a step funny ; different types of humor (i.e., slapstick and other types of physical humor, jokes and verbal humor) ; developing the material ; comic timing ; the undercurrent of sadness or tragedy in comedy. At the end of the panel Buster Brown, later joined by Ernest Brown, sings and demonstrates "Ballin' the jack."
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3120
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13873429
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2529e660-7b99-0135-7c05-39eaed335675
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1917: Creator Born
  • 1982: Issued
  • 1991: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1982-12-04. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6683e2ca-76dc-41b3-ae8f-d7925ea85ac6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6683e2ca-76dc-41b3-ae8f-d7925ea85ac6

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1982-12-04). By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6683e2ca-76dc-41b3-ae8f-d7925ea85ac6

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By word of foot II, Teaching tap festival, Comedy panel