- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Part of the documentation of the week-long tap dancing workshop By word of foot I, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on October 13-18, 1980. To begin his 10AM class, Leon Collins discusses and demonstrates his use of music in his dancing and teaching. He then looks back on his early career as part of a six-man act in Chicago in a show called The chimes of Normandy (a version of Bill Robinson's Hot Mikado) and later in an act called Leon and Eddie, with Eddie Martin. This session continues on *MGZIC 9-5736.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Jane Goldberg.
- Series Statement
- Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Note
- Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
- For the completed documentary on this workshop, see *MGZIC 9-5600 By word of foot I.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer (note)
- Instructor: Leon Collins.
- Pianist: Jim Roberts.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 16, 1980.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 7508
- OCLC
- NYPY98-F3102
- Title
By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Leon Collins [electronic resource]
- Imprint
1980.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Series
Jane Goldberg's Wandering shoes tap(h)istory featuring tip top tapes, tapalogues, tapology and tapperabilia.
- Performer
Instructor: Leon Collins.
Pianist: Jim Roberts.
- Event
Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 16, 1980.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5738.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Dance workshops and workshop performances.
Television. By word of foot.
- Added Author
Collins, Leon. Teacher. Speaker
Roberts, Jim. Instrumentalist
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- Director
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company.
DHCA.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 7508
*MGZIC 9-5738 (former)