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By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Jane Goldberg Video Archive

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By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters

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Title
By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters
Names
Bufalino, Brenda (Teacher)
Lee, Mable (Teacher)
Perri, Laraine (Interviewee)
Browne, Harriet (Teacher)
McNamara, Josephine (Teacher)
Cook, Charles, 1917-1991 (Interviewee)
Brown, Buster, 1913-2002 (Interviewee)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Interviewer)
Sole Sisters (Performing group) (Dancer)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Collection

Jane Goldberg Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1985-06-30
Table of Contents
Tap dancing class taught by Brenda Bufalino (ca. 9 min.). |||| Tap dancing class taught by Mable Lee (ca. 5 min.). |||| Interviews with students Roberta Richardson, a dance teacher from Washington, D.C., and Laraine Perri, a New York-based dancer (ca. 2 min.). |||| Tap dancing class taught by Harriet Browne (ca. 8 min.), focusing on her sand dance. |||| Irish step dancing class taught by Jo McNamara (ca. 2 min.). |||| Interview with instructor Charles "Cookie" Cook (ca. 8 min.), preceded by footage of a conversation between Cookie and an unidentified woman. |||| Tap dancing class taught by Charles "Cookie" Cook (ca. 3 min.). |||| Interview with Buster Brown (ca. 5 min.).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7580
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5712 (former)
Topics
Tap dancing -- Study and teaching
Genres
Filmed dance
Interviews
Video recordings
Educational films
Notes
Content: Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Performers: Instructors: Brenda Bufalino, Mable Lee, Harriet Browne, Jo McNamara, Charles "Cookie" Cook.
Performers: Interviewees: Roberta Richardson, Laraine Perri, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Buster Brown.
Venue: Videotaped at Broadway Dance Center, New York, on June 30, 1985.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (43 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Excerpts from classes taught as part of the By Word of Foot Tap Teach In, presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company on June 29-30, 1985, in conjunction with performances by the Sole Sisters. The tape also includes unedited footage of interviews with students and instructors, recorded for the television program Good morning America.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3135
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13873444
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 607097d0-7b98-0135-4cfd-53c98715d82d
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.

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  • 1985: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b91ae57c-7d2b-4374-80b8-aeed6721c02c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 23, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b91ae57c-7d2b-4374-80b8-aeed6721c02c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b91ae57c-7d2b-4374-80b8-aeed6721c02c

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By word of foot III, Teaching Sole Sisters