Boogie woogie : research materials and notes used by Twyla Tharp for an unfinished dance project, 1987.

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Boogie woogie : research materials and notes used by Twyla Tharp for an unfinished dance project, 1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32517694

Folders contain xeroxed research materials about the history, development and forms of the boogie woogie, research materials about Albert Ammons and Jimmy Yancey as well as Twyla Tharp's notes related to the music, used probably for creating a choreographic work.

4 folders.

Ohio State University Libraries

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Yancey, Jimmy 1894-1951

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Ammons, Albert, 1907-1949

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Tharp, Twyla

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Twyla Tharp is American modern dancer and choreographer. She was born 1 July 1941 in Portland, Indiana and grew up in Rialto, California. She attended Pomona College and received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1963. As a child she studied ballet, tap, flamenco, baron twirling, acrobatics, and several musical instruments. While in California, she studied dance with Beatrice Collenette, Wilson Morelli, John Butler, Carmen de Lavallade, and at the Lester Horton stu...