Intangible Roots

INTANGIBLE ROOTS is a dynamic polymathic educational experience created by embodied historian, filmmaker, and author Moncell Durden.

Workshops & EventsMelanie GeorgeJuly 18, 2021social dance, instruction, history

Modern Moves: Dancing Race during the Ragtime and Jazz Eras

Modern Moves traces the movement of American social dance styles between black and white cultural groups and between immigrant and migrant communities during the early twentieth century.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeSeptember 16, 2018book, in print, jazz history, danielle robinson, history, ragtime

Swing Dancing (The American Dance Floor)

Telling a riveting true story of the emergence and development of an American icon, this book traces swing dancing from its origins to its status as a modern-day art form.

PublicationsMelanie GeorgeSeptember 16, 2018book, in print, tara stevens, swing dance, lindy hop, history

Anthology of American Jazz Dance

Gus Giordano’s Anthology of American Jazz Dance, Published by Orion, is currently out of print.

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