Swingin' at the Savoy : the memoir of a jazz dancer

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Where to find it

Davis Library (5th floor)

Call Number
GV1784 .M556 1996
Status
Available

Stone Center Library

Call Number
GV1784 .M556 1996 c. 2
Status
Available

Summary

Dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress, and author, Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom and the phenomenal music and dance craze that spread the power of Swing across the world like wildfire. It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king. Renowned as the world's most beautiful ballroom, and the largest and most elegant in Harlem, the Savoy was the only ballroom not segregated when it opened in 1926. The Savoy hosted the best bands and attracted the best dancers by offering the challenge of fierce competition. White people travelled uptown to learn exciting new dance styles. Dance contest winner by fourteen, Norma Miller became a member of Herbert White's world famous Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and a celebrated Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hop champion.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface Ernie Smith
  • 1 Coming Home
  • 2 Coming to America
  • 3 Norman Miller
  • 4 The Early Years
  • 5 The Savoy
  • 6 Coming of Age
  • 7 A Man Called Whitey
  • 8 The Harvest Moon Ball
  • 9 The Swingin' Generation
  • 10 The Other Side of the Ballroom
  • 11 Ethel Waters
  • 12 Savoy at the World's Fair
  • 13 Hollywood Calls
  • 14 Swingin' Down to Rio
  • 15 Moving On
  • 16 Norma Miller Dancers
  • 17 On the Road Again
  • 18 Swingin' into the Future
  • 19 Saying GoodbyeEpilogue Robert P. Crease

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