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Class act : the jazz life of choreographer Cholly Atkins / Cholly Atkins and Jacqui Malone.
LIBRA GV1785.A84 A3 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atkins, Cholly.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atkins, Cholly.
- Choreographers--United States--Biography.
- Choreographers.
- Jazz dance.
- History.
- United States.
- Dancers--United States--Biography.
- Dancers.
- Jazz dance--United States--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 260 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- "Class Act" is the story of jazz dance and tap master Cholly Atkins---who taught Motown how to move--and a chronicle of the rich cultural milieu in which he lived. 50 illustrations.
- Contents:
- 1. Going North 1
- 2. The Rhythm Pals 17
- 3. Cholly and Dotty 39
- 4. Struttin' for Uncle Sam 59
- 5. Coles and Atkins 75
- 6. The End of Our Road 97
- 7. Rhythm Tap and More 119
- 8. In Walked Maye 135
- 9. Hitsville, U.S.A. 151
- 10. Back to Freelancing 171
- 11. The Way I Do the Things I Do 189
- 12. Black and Blue 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231123647
- 0252026292
- OCLC:
- 44675929
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