| Description |
1 online resource (36 min.) |
| Series |
Dance in video.
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| Summary |
Documentary on the jitterbug and lindy hop, a dance craze that swept the nation beginning in Harlem in the 1930s. Delilah Jackson, Mama Lu Parks, George Lloyd, Sugar Sullivan-Niles, Frank Manning, Sandra Gibson, and musicians Bill Dillard and Dizzy Gillespie also reminisce about dancing at the Savoy Ballroom and other popular clubs, which are seen in historical film footage. Parks and Manning are shown teaching the dance, which continues to be performed in clubs and on stage |
| Notes |
Previously released on DVD |
| Credits |
Music performed by Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, The Swing Now Trio, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Lunceford, Earl Hines, Chick Webb, Harry James |
| Performer |
Appearances by Margret Batiuchok, Bill Dillard, Sandra Gibson, Dizzy Gillespie, Delilah Jackson, George Lloyd, Frank Manning, Norma Miller, Mama Lu Parks |
| Subject |
Savoy Ballroom (Harlem, New York, N.Y.) -- History
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Savoy Ballroom (Harlem, New York, N.Y.) |
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African American dance -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Boogie woogie (Music)
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Dance -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Jitterbug (Dance)
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Lindy (Dance)
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Swing (Dance)
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African American dance
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African Americans -- Social life and customs
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Boogie woogie (Music)
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Dance
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Jitterbug (Dance)
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Lindy (Dance)
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Swing (Dance)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Nonfiction films
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Short films
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Nonfiction films.
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Short films.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Courts métrages.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
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Batiuchok, Margaret.
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Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
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Dillard, Bill.
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Gibson, Sandra.
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
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Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
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Hines, Earl, 1903-1983.
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Jackson, Delilah.
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James, Harry, 1916-1983.
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Lloyd, George.
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Manning, Frankie.
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Miller, Norma, 1919-2019.
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Parks, Mama Lu.
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Ross, Tana.
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Sorensen, Jesper.
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Sullivan, Sugar.
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Webb, Chick.
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Winding, Vibeke.
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Filmakers Library, inc.
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Green Room Productions.
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Mama Lu Parks' Traditional Jazz Dance Company
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