- Description
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See Also:
- Sarah Safford (biography)
- Harriet "Quicksand" Browne (biography)
- Marion Coles (biography)
- Brenda Bufalino (biography)
- Jane Goldberg (biography)
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Sole Sisters (By Word of Foot III) / Jane Goldberg [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Sole Sisters (By Word of Foot III) [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Goldberg, Jane
- Wasserman, Dorothy Anderson
- safford, Sarah
- Bufalino, Brenda
- Coles, Marion
- Brown, Harriet
- Published/Created
- 1985-06-26
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Greenwich House
- Abstract
- June 26-28, 1985. An all-female, intergenerational tap musical. featuring some of Tap's Grand Dames. Conceived by Jane Goldberg and The Changing Times Tap Dancing Company. Directed by Constance Valis Hill; [stage] producer, Jane Goldberg. Danced by the Sole Sisters:
Jane Goldberg, Harriet Browne, Brenda Bufalino, Marion Coles, Jane Goldberg, Mable Lee, Jo McNamara, Sarah Safford, Beverly Wasser, Dorothy Wasserman.
Musicians: Jim Roberts (piano), Dave Dunaway (bass), Eddie Crawford (drums),
"Beyond the Sea" choreography and performance, Jane Goldberg.
The Man I Love" choreography recreated by Marion Coles from Restina Bank's Number 1 chorus; music, George Gershwin; danced by the Sole Sisters.
"Sand/Little Pony" choreography and performance, Harriet Browne.
"For Dancers Only" choreography recreated by Marion Coles.
"Post Partum Blues" choreography and music, Sarah Safford. Performed by Safford, her baby Molly and others.
"How Am I to Know" collaboration [and performance] by Jane Goldberg, Marion Coles, Sarah Safford, Beverly Wasser.
"Shiny Stockings" choreography and performance, Marion Coles.
"Irish and Appalachian" sole/choreography, traditional dance by Beverly Wasser and Jo McNamara.
"Low Heel Italian Sole" choreography and performance, Brenda Bufalino.
"Spain" choreography and performance, Jane Goldberg; music, Chick Corea.
"Dorothy's Shim Sham" choreography, traditional, Dorothy Wasserman; danced by the Sole Sisters.
Videotaped in performance at the Greenwich House Theater, New York in June 1985.
(Marilyn Hunt, "Many Kinds of Soul Tapped in 'Sole Sisters'" New Manhattan Review, August 7, 1985; John Szwed, "Sweet Feet" Village Voice 8/6/1985; David Hinckley, "Sole Sisters Salute on Tap" Daily News June 25, 1985; Jennifer Dunning, "Tap Dance: Changing Times" New York Times July 2, 1985; Sally Sommer, "Changing Times Tap Dancing Company" Dance Magazine December 1985; 76, 78). - Source
- New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance ().
- Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. ().
Last Updated: 12-16-2015