This is a first of its kind literary work, solely dedicated to a discussion and exploration of Washington D.C.'s popular (swing) partner dance style and cultural art form; D.C. Hand Dance.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeSeptember 16, 2018book, out of print, african-american dance, Kim L. Frazier, DC hand dance, washington, D.C., District of Columbia, hand dance, social dance, vernacular

Authentic Jazz Dance: A Retrospective

Authentic Jazz Dance: A Retrospective by Pepsi Bethel published by American Authentic Jazz Dance Theatre is out of print.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeSeptember 9, 2018book, out of print, technique, vernacular, african-american dance, 1970s, pepsi bethel, authentic jazz

Modern Jazz Dance

Modern Jazz Dance by Delores Kirton Cayou published by Mayfield Publishing Company is out of print.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 29, 2018book, out of print, technique, instruction, vernacular, recreational, african dance, african-american dance, delores kirton cayou, 1970s

Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era

Scholarly writing on AfricanAmerican performers in vaudeville era by by one of the foremost African American dance critics of our day.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 29, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, african-american dance, vaudeville, brenda dixon gottschild, ballroom

The Black Dancing Body: A Geography from Coon to Cool

Written by Brenda Dixon Gottschild, one of the foremost American dance critics of our day, The Black Dancing Body is a key to the ineffable rhythms and movement of dance in America.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 29, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, african-american dance, Robert Farris Thompson, brenda dixon gottschild, modern dance, blackness

Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts

This ground-breaking work brings dance into current discussions of the African presence in American culture.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 29, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, african-american dance, afro-caribbean, brenda dixon gottschild

Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance

Bringing together issues of race, gender, politics, history, and dance, Dancing Many Drums ranges widely, including discussions of dance instruction songs, the blues aesthetic, and Katherine Dunham’s controversial ballet about lynching, Southland.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 29, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, african-american dance, thomas defranz

Aesthetic of the Cool

This book brings together all Thompson’s writings on the cool, some hitherto unpublished, many in out-of-print and hard-to-find publications.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 29, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, african-american dance, Robert Farris Thompson

Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance

Former dancer Jacqui Malone throws a fresh spotlight on the cultural history of black dance.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 28, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, african-american dance, jaqui malone, stepping, marching bands, cholly atkins, vernacular, minstrelsy

Jookin: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture

Focusing on ten African-American dance arenas from the period of enslavement to the mid-twentieth century, this book explores the jooks, honky-tonks, rent parties, and after-hours joints as well as the licensed membership clubs, dance halls, cabarets, and the dances of the black elite.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeAugust 28, 2018book, in print, jazz history, social dance, african dance, jookin, jook, katrina hazzard-gordon, african-american dance

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