DANC 0806 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Abbie Mitchell, Social Dance, Lindy Hop
17 Jan 2017
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Jazzy dance movement was here to stay bringing along african characteristics like syncopated rhythm bent knees and torso and hip and shoulder movement. Bob cole: african american minstrel performer who had been part of the creole show, coontown, the first black written produced and performed musical comedy in nyc. Ragtime music: schott joplin: southern cities- new orleans and memphis, rooftops became popular sites after people left to the cities for vacations. Abyssinia (1905: set in africa, cast of 100 both mock and real animals onstage, manmade waterfall, large numb of songs. Bandanna land (1908: more successful, large cast, +a(cid:271)(cid:271)ie mit(cid:272)hell singer, who sang (cid:862)red red rose(cid:863, nobdy william, large white audiences. Ernest hogans rufus rastus (1905) oyster man (1907), Dark town follies-harlem theatre: the song and dance in the show made it major attraction in ny, lovestory about black characters, new dances. Circle dance: zest of williams comedy. Ziegfeld follies: playing on the roof of ny theater, harlem.
