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Class Act : The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins / Jacqui Malone, Cholly Atkins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) : 52 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231123655
  • 9780231504126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.8/2/092
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Going North -- 2. The Rhythm Pals -- 3. Cholly and Dotty -- 4. Struttin' for Uncle Sam -- 5. Coles and Atkins -- 6. The End of Our Road -- 7. Rhythm Tap and More -- 8. In Walked Mayc -- 9. Hitsville, U.S.A. -- 10. Back to Freelancing -- 11. The Way I Do the Things I Do -- 12. Black and Blue -- Epilogue -- Groupography -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, Cholly created the new specialization of "vocal choreography," teaching rhythm-and-blues singers how to perform their music by adding rhythmical dance steps drawn from twentieth-century American dance, from the Charleston to rhythm tap. For the burgeoning Motown record label, Cholly taught such artists as the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Marvin Gaye to command the stage in ways that would enhance their performances and "sell" their songs.Class Act tells of Cholly's boyhood and coming of age, his entry into the dance world of New York City, his performing triumphs and personal tragedies, and the career transformations that won him gold records and a Tony for choreographing Black and Blue on Broadway. Chronicling the rise, near demise, and rediscovery of tap dancing, the book is both an engaging biography and a rich cultural history.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Going North -- 2. The Rhythm Pals -- 3. Cholly and Dotty -- 4. Struttin' for Uncle Sam -- 5. Coles and Atkins -- 6. The End of Our Road -- 7. Rhythm Tap and More -- 8. In Walked Mayc -- 9. Hitsville, U.S.A. -- 10. Back to Freelancing -- 11. The Way I Do the Things I Do -- 12. Black and Blue -- Epilogue -- Groupography -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, Cholly created the new specialization of "vocal choreography," teaching rhythm-and-blues singers how to perform their music by adding rhythmical dance steps drawn from twentieth-century American dance, from the Charleston to rhythm tap. For the burgeoning Motown record label, Cholly taught such artists as the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Marvin Gaye to command the stage in ways that would enhance their performances and "sell" their songs.Class Act tells of Cholly's boyhood and coming of age, his entry into the dance world of New York City, his performing triumphs and personal tragedies, and the career transformations that won him gold records and a Tony for choreographing Black and Blue on Broadway. Chronicling the rise, near demise, and rediscovery of tap dancing, the book is both an engaging biography and a rich cultural history.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)