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An edition of Swingin' at the Savoy (1996)

Swingin' at the Savoy

the memoir of a jazz dancer

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  • 2 Want to read

It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king. Renowned as the "world's most beautiful ballroom" and the largest and most elegant in Harlem, the Savoy was the only ballroom not segregated when it opened in 1926. The Savoy hosted the best bands and attracted the best dancers by offering the challenge of fierce competition. White people traveled uptown to learn exciting new dance styles.

A dance contest winner by 14, Norma Miller became a member of Herbert White's Lindy Hoppers and a celebrated Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hop champion. Swingin' at the Savoy chronicles a significant period in American cultural history and race relations, as it glorifies the home of the Lindy Hop, and the birthplace of such memorable dance fads as the Big Apple, Shag, Truckin' Peckin', Susie Q, the Charleston, Peabody, Black Bottom, Cake Walk, Boogie Woogie, Shimmy and tap dancing.

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Temple University Press
Language
English
Pages
261

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Subjects

Women dancers, Biography, Jazz dancing, History, Jazz dance, Autobiographie, Jazz dancing -- United States -- History -- 20th century., Women dancers -- United States -- Biography., Jazz, history and criticism, Dancers, biography

Places

United States

Times

20th century

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Swingin' at the Savoy: The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer
1996, Temple University Press
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Swingin' at the Savoy: the memoir of a jazz dancer
1996, Temple University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Philadelphia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
792.8
Library of Congress
GV1784, GV1784 .M556 1996, GV1784.M556 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxix,261p. :
Number of pages
261

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OL22577063M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781566398497
ISBN 10
1566394945
LCCN
96020104
OCLC/WorldCat
34618173
Library Thing
353710
Goodreads
532813

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