Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stern, Lee Edward

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (ca. 10 min.)

Summary

1. Honi Coles attributes the decline of tap dancing to Agnes De Mille's production of Oklahoma; he discusses his work at the Apollo Theatre; he advertises the Steps in Time tap production at Brooklyn Academy of Music featuring: Cookie Cook, Buster Brown, Leon Brown, Ernest Brown, Bubba Gaines, Sandman Sims, the Nicholas Brothers and Chuck Green; he attributes the resurgence of tap dancing to the production, No-no Nanette; and he demonstrates a Time-step.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
2. Oral History Archive.

Uniform title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Coles, Honi, 1911-1992 -- Interviews.
2. De Mille, Agnes.
3. Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1388

Language

1. English

Note

1. Recorded April 15, 1980.
2. Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.

Local note

1. Preservation master tape: *MGZT0 5-1388.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1388. On same audio reel with *MGZTD 10-1384.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Author

1. Coles, Honi, 1911-1992. Interviewee

Local subject

1. Musical comedies. Oklahoma.
2. Musical comedies. No, no, Nanette.
3. Audiotapes -- Coles, H.

Added author

1. Stern, Lee Edward. ivr.