Tap! by Rusty E. Frank is an enjoyable oral history of the dance form from 1900 to 1955. Each section gives you some background on the person being interviewed, and then it's just a bunch of Jane Withers or Ann Miller or whoever talking about their experiences. I bought the book for the sections on Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan, which are worth it just in themselves, but the whole thing is a really interesting look at the ways show business and dance intersected at the time.
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Date: 2011-07-29 11:47 am (UTC)