This unique study focuses on the social, racial, and artistic climate for African American performers working during the swing era—roughly the late 1920s through the 1940s. The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as a tour guide and barometer of the times on this excursion through the worlds of African American vaudeville, separate black and white Americas, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights era racial etiquette.
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“... a close, intelligent look at a long 'invisibilized' piece of black cultural history.” —Publishers Weekly
“. . . [a] significant contribution. . . . This work points up the power of the black dancing body to influence American culture.” —Philadelphia Dance Alliance
“...another significant contribution to the fields of dance, cultural and performance studies” —Dance Critics Association Newsletter
“. . . [a] significant contribution. . . . This work points up the power of the black dancing body to influence American culture.” —Philadelphia Dance Alliance
“...another significant contribution to the fields of dance, cultural and performance studies” —Dance Critics Association Newsletter
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Brenda Dixon Gottschild is Professor Emerita of dance studies at Temple University. She writes for Dance Magazine and performs with her husband, Hellmut Gottschild.
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swing aesthetic, white vaudeville theaters, swing culture, era performers, white venues, race trope, minstrel era, adagio dance, tap team, race etiquette, unit tour, swing era, jazz aesthetic, white dancers, era performance, white theaters, racial etiquette, toe dance, swing music, white clientele, black performers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, New York, Cotton Club, United States, Louis Armstrong, Margot Webb, Duke Ellington, Alberta Hunter, Earl Hines, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Josephine Baker, Grand Terrace, John Williams, Jim Crow, Lindy Hop, Paul Robeson, Benny Goodman, Clarence Robinson, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Langston Hughes, Paul Whiteman, Spear Dance, Joe Glaser New!
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swing aesthetic, white vaudeville theaters, swing culture, era performers, white venues, race trope, minstrel era, adagio dance, tap team, race etiquette, unit tour, swing era, jazz aesthetic, white dancers, era performance, white theaters, racial etiquette, toe dance, swing music, white clientele, black performers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, New York, Cotton Club, United States, Louis Armstrong, Margot Webb, Duke Ellington, Alberta Hunter, Earl Hines, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Josephine Baker, Grand Terrace, John Williams, Jim Crow, Lindy Hop, Paul Robeson, Benny Goodman, Clarence Robinson, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Langston Hughes, Paul Whiteman, Spear Dance, Joe Glaser New!
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- The Cotton Club by James Haskins on 8 pages
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison on page 4, page 223, and Back Matter
- African American (American Regional Cooking Library) by Rosa Waters on page 82, page 124, and page 135
- Lena Horne by James Haskins on page 53, and Back Matter
- The Black Swan by Day Taylor on page 8, and page 148
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