Tapping The Source

by Bufalino, Brenda

• ISBN13: 9781930337152
• ISBN10: 1930337159
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-30
• Publisher: Codhill Press

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Introduction	9	(6)
Part I: A Tapper's Life
1. Early Training	15	(15)
2. The Avant-Garde & Free Jazz	30	(8)
3. The Tap Revival & Great Feats of Feet	38	(8)
4. Finding the Choreograpic Voice	46	(8)
5. Collaboration & Confrontation	54	(8)
6. Crossfire & Counterpoint	62	(7)
7. The White Tuxedo: At the Village Gate	69	(7)
8. An Improvisation on Tap Improvisation	76	(5)
9. The Broadway Tap Revival	81	(5)
10. The Solo Show	86	(5)
11. The Tap Festivals	91	(10)
12. Creating The American Tap Dance Orchestra	101	(6)
13. The Benefit	107	(7)
14. PBS Great Performances	114	(3)
15. A Home for Tap Dance	117	(7)
16. The ATDO on Tour	124	(9)
17. I29Beginnings & Endings	133	(10)
18. A New Era...New Styles	143	(12)
19. Germany, Italy, & Home away from Home	155	(5)
20. The Boomerang	160	(11)
Part II: Tap Techniques & Theory
21. Beyond Shuffle Ball Change	171	(66)
Identifying Your Sound	172	(3)
Articulating Flaps	175	(1)
The Swing Groove	176	(4)
The Shuffle Scale	180	(4)
Triplet Shuffles	184	(2)
Small Footwork Excercises	186	(5)
Developing Patterns for Phrasing and Double Time	191	(6)
Time Steps	197	(5)
Structures for Improvisation	202	(6)
Composition in the Traditional Mode	208	(7)
The Walk Around or The Coles Stroll	215	(5)
The Dance in Tap Dance	220	(3)
Hesitation & Anticipation	223	(2)
Creating an Ensemble	225	(3)
Choreography and Composition	228	(3)
The Music Of Tap Dance	231	(6)
Summation	237