
This is not a history of tap dancing. It is one determined woman's highly personal account of falling in love with and living the tap life. One of the linchpins behind the Great Tap Revival of the 1970s and 80s, Jane Goldberg tracked down, studied with, and performed alongside some of the tap greats of the twentieth century. In the process, she came up with a genre all her own-"Rhythm & Schmooze."...
Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: Changing Times Tap Dancing Co, Inc (June 11, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780980154603
ISBN-13: 978-0980154603
ASIN: 098015460X
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.7 x 10 inches
Amazon Rank: 1342368
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A bright and cheery memoir giving wonderful background info on some of the great hoofers of our time.It gave me the inspiration to keep up the hobby that I started in my later years just before I retired; tap dancing is a joy to watch, and apart from...
, Goldberg thought tap dancing would provide the most direct route to finding a partner like Fred Astaire. It did not, she discovered quickly. What she did discover, however, were her happy feet. Those feet, combined with great tenacity and endless curiosity, led her to ferret out a generation of show biz hoofers who had involuntarily gone underground. "Shoot Me While I'm Happy"-the title comes from an old vaudeville expression-captures a wealth of memories both wacky and touching.