Feldman, Anita, 1951-

Inside tap : technique and improvisation for today's tap dancer / by Anita Feldman. - Heightstown, N.J. : Princeton Book Co., 1996. - xviii, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"A Dance Horizons book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-212) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: How to use this book -- 1. Choosing the Best Instruments -- 2. Improvisation and Choreography -- 3. Rhythm: The Heartbeat of Tap Dance -- 4. Dynamics -- 5. Syncopation -- 6. Fastest Feet -- 7. Traditional Tap: The Shim Sham Shimmy and Time Steps -- 8. Traditional Tap: Flash -- 9. New Tap: Orchestrated Tap -- 10. New Tap: Polyrhythms -- 11. New Tap: Unusual and Changing Time Signatures -- 12. Tap Futures -- Appendix I / Appendix II / Notes -- Index. Feldman's Favorites: Music Selection with Notes -- Product Suggestions --

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Tap dancing.
Improvisation in dance.

GV1794 / .F39 1995

792.7 / FEL