- Description
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See Also:
- Jerry Ames (biography)
- Mable Lee (biography)
- Lon Chaney (biography)
- Jimmy Slyde (biography)
- Charles "Chuck" Green (biography)
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The Hoofers: An Extravaganza of Tap / Charles "Chuck" Green [theatrical performance]
- Title
- The Hoofers: An Extravaganza of Tap [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Green, Charles "Chuck"
- Rhythm Red
- Ames, Jerry
- Slyde, Jimmy (Godbolt)
- Chaney, Lon
- Lee, Mable
- Turner, Eva
- Gibson, Sandra
- Wilson, Derby
- Published/Created
- 1969-07-29
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Mercury Theatre
- Abstract
- Tap dance revue conceived and produced by Leticia Jay. directed by Derby Wilson, with music by the Tiny Grimes' Band. Opened 29 July 1969 at the Mercury Theatre and closed 12 October 1969 after 88 performances. [Other citations for the opening of The Hoofers is July 17, 1969; perhaps these were the previews.)
Leticia Jay, Raymond Kaalund, Rhythm Red, Jimmy Slyde, Eva Turner, Derby Wilson, Mable Lee, Sandman Sims, Lon Chaney, Chuck Green, Tony White, Jerry Ames.
"Everyone in the business has his own idea of what killed tap dancing. The reasons range from George Balanchine to the bop band...Tap is not alive and well but if "The Hoofers" a two-hour display by some of the best veterans in the field, continues to enjoy the enthusiastic success that greeted it last night ...the dance form may be in for a lively revival."
Produced by Harry Joe Brown, Jr.
The show is a must for anyone interested in tap and particularly for those who have not. Whoever said that tap was limited in expression?
Chuck Green's gentle personality shines through his syncopated dancing. Rhythm Red's totally winning manner cannot be concealed behind his slightly menacing entrance. Jerry Ames' ballet-influenced virtuosity differs markedly from that of Jimmy Slyde, while Lon Chaney, Sandman Sims, Raymond Kaalund and Tony White certainly teach the audience a trick or two.
Derby Wilson remains as the genial master off ceremonies, now joined by Mable Lee, Eva Turner and Sandra Gibson as well as Tiny Grimes' band. It was the kind of show that made one want to rush up at the end and shake the dancers' hands. And many in the audience did.
(Anna Kisselgoff, "The Hoofers: An Extravaganza of Tap Opens" New York Times July 30, 1969, p. 23). - Source
- Ames, Jerry, and Jim Siegelman: The Book of Tap: Recovering America's Long Lost Dance. New York: D. McKay Co. (1977).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015