{"product_id":"brotherhood-in-rhythm-the-jazz-tap-dancing-of-the-nicholas-brothers-20th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers, 20th Anniversary Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConstance Valis Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Nicholas Brothers danced, uptown at the Cotton Club, downtown at the Roxy, in segregated movie theatres in the South, and dance halls across the country, audiences cheered, clapped, stomped their feet, and shouted out uncontrollably. Their exuberant style of American theatrical dance--a melding of jazz, tap, acrobatics, black vernacular dance, and witty repartee--was dazzling. Though daredevil flips, slides, and hair-raising splits made them show-stoppers, the Nicholas Brothers were also highly sophisticated dancers who refined a centuries-old tradition of percussive dance into the rhythmic brilliance of jazz tap. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBrotherhood in Rhythm\u003c\/em\u003e, author Constance Valis Hill interweaves an intimate portrait of these great performers with a richly detailed history of jazz music and jazz dance, both bringing their act to life and explaining their significance through a colourful analysis of their eloquent footwork, their full-bodied expressiveness, and their changing style. Hill vividly captures their soaring careers, from the Cotton Club appearances with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Jimmy Lunceford, to film-stealing big-screen performances with Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a deep well of research and endless hours of interviews with the Nicholas brothers themselves, she also documents their struggles against the nets of racism and segregation that constantly enmeshed their careers and denied them the recognition they deserved. More than a biography of two immensely talented but underappreciated performers, \u003cem\u003eBrotherhood in Rhythm\u003c\/em\u003e offers a profound understanding of this distinctively American art and its intricate links to the history of jazz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstance Valis Hill, \u003cem\u003eFive College Professor Emerita of Dance Studies, Hampshire College\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstance Valis Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e is Five College Professor Emerita of Dance Studies at Hampshire College. She has taught at the Alvin Ailey School of American Dance, Conservatoire d'arts Dramatique, and New York University. As a choreographer, director, and mask specialist, she worked with the French playwright Eugene Ionesco; Czech scenographer Josef Svoboda; Romanian director Liviu Ciulei, and Toni Morrison on her play, \u003cem\u003eDreaming Emmett\u003c\/em\u003e, directed by Gilbert Moses. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eBrotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2000 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award; \u003cem\u003eTap Dancing America, A Cultural History\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), which was awarded grants from John D. Rockefeller and John Simon Guggenheim Foundations, and the 2010 Bueno de la Toro Prize for outstanding scholarship in dance; and \u003cem\u003eTap Dance in America: A Twentieth-Century Chronology of Tap Dance on Stage, Film, and Media\u003c\/em\u003e, a 3500-record database of tap performance for the Library of Congress.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.6 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47637926150397,"sku":"9780197523971","price":77.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/bDd0SWRxN1JLUW85eFNONk4veGNDZz09.webp?v=1780447946","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/brotherhood-in-rhythm-the-jazz-tap-dancing-of-the-nicholas-brothers-20th-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}