- Description
Tap Dance America is a reference work of bibliographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian.
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Interview with Harriet Browne / Harriet Browne [sound recording]
- Title
- Interview with Harriet Browne [Sound Recording]
- Performers
- Browne, Harriet
- Bruce Sisters
- Published/Created
- 1996-02-12
- Genre
- Sound Recording
- Abstract
- Constance Valis-Hill interviewer. Funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Cassette 1 - Recorded Feb 3, 1996. Harriet Browne discusses her childhood, learning tap dancing from her father; the importance of music and dance in her family's home; seeing tap dancing in vaudeville houses; the origin of tap dancing; rhythm; jazz; studying dance with the Bruce Sisters; her educational background; working as a chorus girl at the Chicago's Club deLisa; her first exposure to sand dancing.
Cassette 2 - Recorded Feb 12, 1996. Ms. Browne discusses resuming sand dancing as an adult; her childhood memories of sand dancing; how to produce particular sounds. - 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 ().
Last Updated: 12-16-2015