Bill Evans at Theatre of Riverside Church Evans, Bill performer Jenkins, Shirley performer Concert 1979-05-24 Theater of the Riverside Church May 24-26, 1979. Bill Evans Dance company presenting a number of works chor. by Evans, including "Piano Rags" set to Scott Joplin and danced by Miss Jenkins and Mr. Evans, was a parody of the tap-dance routines that might have been performed by a slightly seedy vaudeville team. "The facetious choreography demeaned the music. Yet one of the accomplishments of the Scott Joplin revival was the demonstration that, far from being merely honky-tonk tunes, his rags could be taken seriously." (Jack Anderson, "Dance: Bill Evans Group Pays Visist From Seattle" New York Times 28 May 1979, C13). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2219