By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Mable Lee
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Title
By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Mable Lee
Collection
Names
Lee, Mable (Teacher)
Hillman, George (Dancer)
Coles, Honi, 1911-1992 (Dancer)
Ramirez, Ram, 1913-1994 (Instrumentalist)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Director)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Lee, Mable (Dancer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1980-10-18
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7535
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5766 (former)
Subjects
Tap dancing -- Study and teaching
Black bottom (Dance)
Charleston (Dance)
Genres
Filmed Dance
Video Recordings
Educational Films
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 18, 1980.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (10 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
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. Conclusion of a class begun on *MGZIC 9-5770 and *MGZIC 9-5765. Mable Lee teaches various routines, including the black bottom and the Charleston. Her former partner George Hillman and Honi Coles join her for the Charleston.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3074
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13873377
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8c080e90-7ba4-0135-8498-17e1e52ff4ec
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1980-10-18
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Mable Lee" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c080e90-7ba4-0135-8498-17e1e52ff4ec
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Mable Lee Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c080e90-7ba4-0135-8498-17e1e52ff4ec
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, Mable Lee" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c080e90-7ba4-0135-8498-17e1e52ff4ec
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