How is the Shimmy related/or part of the Bullfrog Hop? Who claimed to have invented it?
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What was happening because of the Charleston?
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The Black Bottom
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Why did the demand for dance-songs begin to fade?
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How did Broadway and film start to shift things?
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Bert Williams:
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George Walker:
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___________ was the pathway through which the black performer could find the best chance to express talent.
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How does the text define musical comedy- what is it a blend of? When does the text say it was born?
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1889 The Creole Show, one of the first productions to discard blackface, opened in Boston and played in New York.
What did the show feature?
As a result- there was a new emphasis placed on what?
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In 1898, Williams and Walker at Broadway's top variety theater, Koster and Bials, brought the Cakewalk to its peak popularity.
What did some critics say about the dance?
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Explain the history of the Cakewalk- what do we trace it back to?
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Who were the people responsible in the creation of the Darktown Follies?
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Two pioneering tap dancers Toots Davis and Eddie Rector started as chorus boys in the show and worked up their own specialties.
Describe the different styles below:
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What else helped make Darktown Follies a success?
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Shuffle Along was conceived, organized, and presented by:
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Who were some of the stars that emerged because of Shuffle Along?
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What was the most impressive innovation of Shuffle Along?
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Why didn't the black performer become well known to the Broadway audiences?
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Why did dancing for dance sake begin to lose ground during this time?
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On page 142, the text refers to three black musicals of "note" that arrived on Broadway in 1922
Name, describe, and state significant facts
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What became the hit of Runnin' Wild? (describe in detail)
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What began happening by the mid to late 1920's?
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Who was Bill Robinson? What made him so popular?
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Black musicals reached a three-year peak from 1928 to 1930. Why?
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What killed Black musicals? (according to the text)
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What show with Clifton Webb and Libby Holman caused such an uproar?
Describe the scene/name of the #/etc.
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Explain the role of dance director vs. the role of the coach?
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Who was it that (although is seldom mentioned) created dance routines for many of the Broadway musicals in the late 1920's and early 1930's?
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Name a few of the entertainers he coached.
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Who was Buddy Bradley? Where was he from? How did he get his start in the business? Etc.
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Explain the significance of Evergreen.
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Who was Billy Pierce?
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Who was Ned Wayburn?
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How was it that Buddy Bradley's steps were so popular? How was he able to create routines/steps for all those people?
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How did director/producers Miller and Carey put their shows together?
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How did Bradley almost become the first black choreographer to choreograph an all-white American movie?
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What did Bradley say about Agnes de Mille? What did she turn her back on? What does this mean?