Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance

"The phrase jazz dance has a special meaning for professionals who dance to jazz music (they use it to describe non-tap body movement); and another meaning for studios coast to coast teaching 'Modern Jazz Dance' (a blend of Euro-American styles that owes little to jazz and less to jazz rhythms). However, we are dealing here with what may eventually be referred to as jazz dance, and we could not think of a more suitable title.

"The characteristic that distinguishes American vernacular dance--as does jazz music--is swing, which can be heard, felt, and seen, but defined only with great difficulty. . . ."

--from the Introduction

• Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches
• Ballet and Modern Dance (Third Edition) (World of Art)
• Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop
• Tap Dancing America
• Swingin' at the Savoy
• Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader
• What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing
• Shoot Me While I'm Happy - Memories from the Tap Goddess of the Lower East Side
• The Intimate Act of Choreography
• The Dance Experience: Insights into History, Culture and Creativity