Talking feet solo Southern dance: buck, flatfoot and tap Cover Image

Talking feet [videorecording] : solo Southern dance: buck, flatfoot and tap / DVD production producers, Mike Seeger, Heath Curdts ; project director, Mike Seeger ; associate director, Ruth Pershing.

Solo Southern dance: buck, flatfoot and tap (portion title)
Solo Southern dance: flatfoot, buck and tap (portion title)
Talking feet : (other title)

Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009 (Added Author). Pershing, Ruth. (Added Author). Curdts, Heath. (Added Author). Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (Added Author).

Summary:

Documentary filmed in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina featuring flatfoot, buck, hoedown and rural tap dancing, the styles of solo Southern dancing which are companions to old-time music and on which modern clog dancing is based. Dances are done to handpatting, talking blues, singing, old-time bluegrass and Western swing style music.

Record details

ISBN: 631109486X :
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages ; 19 cm)
Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Produced by Mike Seeger & Ruth Pershing"--Disc surface.
With Note:	MARCIVE 12/19/07
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Mabry Mill -- Cataloochee -- Jay Burris -- Carcassonne -- Algia Mae Hinton -- Gussie Lane -- Phoebe Parsons -- Maggie Valley -- Cataloochee -- John D. Holeman and Fris Holloway -- WAMY Senior Center -- Stanley Hicks -- L. C. King -- Fiddle Puppets -- D. Ray White.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Production coordinator, Richard Derbyshire ; editors, Mike Seeger, Ruth Pershing, Richard Derbyshire, Heath Curdts.
Participant or Performer Note:	Dancers: Allen Spence, Hoy Hayden, Luther Boyd ; Jay Burris ; Willis Fields ; Algia Mae Hinton ; Gussie Lane ; Phoebe Parsons ; Jim Hyatt ; John Reeves ; Burton and Kyle Edwards ; John Dee Holeman, Quentin "Fris" Holloway ; Biddie Reece, Eula Rogers ; Stanley Hicks ; L. C. King ; The Fiddle Puppets ; D. Ray White. Narrator, Paul Brown.
System Details Note:	DVD format.