Dance on: Sarah Petronio

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Title

Dance on: Sarah Petronio

Collection

Dance On Video Archive

Names

Petronio, Sarah (Interviewee)
Mahoney, Billie (Producer)
Kelly, Ann (Director)
Dance Films Association (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1994-06-13

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4999
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5555 (former)

Subjects

Slyde, Jimmy
Tap dancing
Improvisation in dance
Music and dance

Genres

Interviews

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: produced by Billie Mahoney in association with Dance Films Association ; directed by Ann Kelly.
Venue: Videotaped for the public access cable television program Dance on: With Billie Mahoney in Kansas City, Mo., on June 13, 1994 ; produced through the facilities of American Cablevision of Kansas City, Inc.
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) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Tap dancer Sarah Petronio discusses the terms "jazz tap" and "rhythm tap," and her preference for a "jazz mode" in dancing. She remembers her childhood in India, where she began dancing and developed a taste for jazz music in cosmopolitan Bombay. After immigrating to New York, she studied tap dancing with Henry Le Tang, but only began to find her own style after moving to Paris. She credits Jimmy Slyde with freeing her from the prevalent conception of tap dancing as set routines. She discusses improvisation in tap dancing, and the importance of collaboration and communication between dancers and musicians.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2843
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13721510
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ba0df50-8048-0135-5716-0c58c38183ac

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance on: Sarah Petronio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ba0df50-8048-0135-5716-0c58c38183ac

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). Dance on: Sarah Petronio Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ba0df50-8048-0135-5716-0c58c38183ac

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance on: Sarah Petronio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ba0df50-8048-0135-5716-0c58c38183ac

Wikipedia citation

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