Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo Salt and Pepper /

"In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater. This book chronicles the lives and career...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Willis, Cheryl M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Temas:
Welch, Jewel.
Evelyn, Edwina, > 1922-2011.
Welch, Jewel
Salt and Pepper (Dance company)
Tap dancers > United States > Biography.
Women tap dancers > United States > Biography.
African American women tap dancers > United States > Biography.
Danseurs de claquettes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Danseuses de claquettes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Danseuses de claquettes noires américaines > États-Unis > Biographies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
African American women tap dancers
Tap dancers
Women tap dancers
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater. This book chronicles the lives and careers of two overlooked performers who succeeded during the Big Band era"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236) and index
ISBN:9781476623153
1476623155

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