{"product_id":"jazz-dance-the-story-of-american-vernacular-dance-paperback","title":"Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarshall Stearns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJean Stearns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The phrase jazz dance has a special meaning for professionals who dance to jazz music (they use it to describe non-tap body movement); and another meaning for studios coast to coast teaching 'Modern Jazz Dance' (a blend of Euro-American styles that owes little to jazz and less to jazz rhythms). However, we are dealing here with what may eventually be referred to as jazz dance, and we could not think of a more suitable title. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The characteristic that distinguishes American vernacular dance--as does jazz music--is swing, which can be heard, felt, and seen, but defined only with great difficulty. . . .\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtists like Bill Robinson, King Rastus Brown, John Bubbles, Honi Coles and others who speak to us in this book, are our Nijinskys, Daighilevs, Balanchines, and Grahams. There are so many books on ballet and modern dance. There are still a few on tap dance and they are so cavalierly allowed to go out of print even though the interest in them is so deep and sustaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eMarshall Stearns\u003c\/b\u003e was author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Jazz, \u003c\/i\u003eand was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Institute of Jazz Studies. He was also a professor of English at Hunger College in New York and a medieval literature scholar. He died in 1966 while completing his book \u003ci\u003eJazz Dance\u003c\/i\u003e co-authored by his wife Jean. \u003cb\u003eJean Stearns\u003c\/b\u003e is an authority on jazz and assisted her late husband Marshall in researching and writing \u003ci\u003eJazz Dance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 508\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63160684020061,"sku":"9780306805530","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/MXJUZ0NTcVBSWmNTa04zL1ZKMlY5dz09.webp?v=1768925251","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/jazz-dance-the-story-of-american-vernacular-dance-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}