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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Jane Goldberg Video Archive

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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles

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Title
By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles
Names
Bubbles, John W (Interviewee)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Interviewer)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Collection

Jane Goldberg Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980-10-17
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7530
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5761 (former)
Topics
Tap dancing
Dance
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Content: For the completed documentary on this workshop, see *MGZIC 9-5600 By word of foot I.
Venue: Videotaped at the Village Gate, New York, on October 17, 1980.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (23 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Part of the documentation of the week-long tap dancing workshop By word of foot I, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on October 13-18, 1980. Continuing the third "Cocktail hour with John Bubbles," which began on *MGZIC 9-5763, Bubbles and Jane Goldberg discuss the challenge of combining talking and tapping. Goldberg describes her own work The neighbor, a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's The raven. Bubbles talks about the dancer's relationship with the audience, and how to "sell" a performance; examples he cites are Fred Astaire and Baby Laurence (Laurence Donald Jackson). He also discusses his participation in the film The varsity show as half of the act Buck and Bubbles, and sings the song "Shine" from the film Cabin in the sky, in which he also appeared. This conversation continues on *MGZIC 9-5760.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3078
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13873381
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c66ec1d0-85b4-0135-c55a-057b6770a121
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1980: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d13a7cc-2f30-405a-a34b-3b3a1a9c718b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d13a7cc-2f30-405a-a34b-3b3a1a9c718b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d13a7cc-2f30-405a-a34b-3b3a1a9c718b

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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles