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.

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