Talking Tap - Terry Dill

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Résumé :
An introduction to tap dancing through the language of the subject: what it is, why it is, how to use it. Terminology is organized and described by technique categories and listed by increasing difficulty. The common dance notation format used gradually builds the user's ability to read and write performance routines. Discussions include developing tap skills, use of dance notes, and rhythm development. An extended section includes dance associated history, language application quizzes, and highlights about the 1930s through 1950s motion picture tap era. Several performance routines illustrate various tap styles and choreographic approaches. Although prepared for tap dancers, anyone interested in theater dance is likely to discover something new....

Biographie:
Terry Dill received his initial dance training from Hazel Bergh in Sioux City, Iowa. He began teaching theater dance in 1956, was an original member of the Sioux City Civic Ballet, the first civic ballet in Iowa, and was a featured dancer and choreographer for several of the earliest Siouxland musicals. With his wife Shirley he developed the first area studio programs in aerial acrobatics, jazz, advanced tap, and instructor training...

Sommaire:
Terry Dill received his initial dance training from Hazel Bergh in Sioux City, Iowa. He began teaching theater dance in 1956, was an original member of the Sioux City Civic Ballet, the first civic ballet in Iowa, and was a featured dancer and choreographer for several of the earliest Siouxland musicals. With his wife Shirley he developed the first area studio programs in aerial acrobatics, jazz, advanced tap, and instructor training...