Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
* Though this book is not exclusively about jazz dance, Jazz Dance Direct considers it a significant text in the study of jazz dance aesthetics.
Publisher's Description:
The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American vaudeville, Black and white America during the swing era, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights era racial etiquette.
