Publisher's Synopsis
This is a study of Black dance from its origins in Africa, in the slave songs and dances of the Caribbean and the American South through the minstrel shows and burlesque theatres of the 1980s and 90s.;It includes its development under the impact of jazz and its invasion of Broadway and Hollywood as well as its intergration with classical ballet and modern dance.;The author profiles among others, Josephine Baker, "Honi" Coles and "Cholly" Atkins, Pearl Primus, Katherine Dunham, Alvin Ailey and Arthur Mitchell. The book concludes with a survey of Black dance in Britain. The author also wrote "Kenneth Macmillan - The Man and The Ballets" and was co-author of "Ballet Genius".
