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 --