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Tap dance workshop

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance

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Title
Tap dance workshop
Names
Briggs, Bunny (Dancer)
Briggs, Bunny (Teacher)
Briggs, Bunny (Interviewee)
Sims, Sandman (Teacher)
Green, Chuck (Teacher)
Smithsonian Institution (Sponsor)
American Dance Experience (Concert series : Washington, D.C.) (Sponsor)
Collection

Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980-09-08 (Questionable)
Place: Washington, DC, USA
Table of Contents
Disc 1 (62 min.): Introductory speeches (some parts inaudible, due to inadequate miking) followed by teaching by Sims, Green, and Briggs. |||| Disc 2 (14 min.): Conclusion of Briggs' lesson (7 min.) -- Excerpt (7 min.) from the television show Good morning Washington, featuring an interview/performance by Briggs.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6061
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2510 (former)
Topics
Tap dancing
Dance -- Study and teaching
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Performers: Instructors, Bunny Briggs, Sandman Sims, and Chuck Green.
Venue: Videotaped during a tap dance workshop in the studio for teenagers presented at Duke Ellington High School, Washington, D.C. (?) on Sept. 8 (?), 1980, under the sponsorship of the American Dance Experience program of the Smithsonian Institution.
Funding: This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (76 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906027962-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12169038
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a02ca4e0-a836-0134-4a25-00505686a51c
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1980: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tap dance workshop" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/403c8630-ef96-0133-8001-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tap dance workshop" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 22, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/403c8630-ef96-0133-8001-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). Tap dance workshop Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/403c8630-ef96-0133-8001-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Tap dance workshop