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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Jane Goldberg Video Archive

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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles

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Title
By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles
Names
Bubbles, John W (Interviewee)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Interviewer)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Collection

Jane Goldberg Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980-10-18
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7531
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5762 (former)
Topics
Buck and Bubbles
Tap dancing
Dance
Genres
Interviews
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
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (23 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
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. In the fourth "Cocktail hour with John Bubbles," a conversation with Jane Goldberg and others, the topics include Bubbles's renown as the "father of soul tap," and the sense of sharing and learning from one another that prevails among tap dancers. Bubbles talks about the difficulties of the tap dancer's life, relating anecdotes of his own experience as part of the act Buck and Bubbles. This session continues on *MGZIC 9-5728 and *MGZIC 9-5726.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3077
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13873380
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c9c11200-85b4-0135-d61a-71ac5d61628b
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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  • 1980: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
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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, John Bubbles" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c9c11200-85b4-0135-d61a-71ac5d61628b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c9c11200-85b4-0135-d61a-71ac5d61628b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c9c11200-85b4-0135-d61a-71ac5d61628b

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By word of foot I, tap masters pass on their tradition, John Bubbles