Οι φτέρνες που μιλούν : η πρώτη γνωριμία της Αθηναϊκής μουσικής σκηνής με τους Αμερικάνικους χορούς
Part of : Παράβασις : επιστημονικό περιοδικό Τμήματος Θεατρικών Σπουδών Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών ; Vol.6, No.1, 2005, pages 43-56
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43-56
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The talking heels : the introduction of American jazz dances to the Athenian musical theatre
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Μελέτες και άρθρα
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The aim of this article is to provide a general overview of the way in which the Athenian theatrical audience of the 1920’s and 1930’s was firstly acquainted with the up until then unknown American dances of the jazz era. The great transition from operetta’s Viennese waltz to contemporary American jazz dances (fox trot, shimmy, black bottom, charleston, one step) is realized through the European and Greek operettas and revues. These dances have an Afro-American origin, they are practiced in Harlem’s clubs and they become famous from Broadway’s first black revues. Nevertheless, the most decisive step for the acceptance of jazz music and its dances from the Greek musical theatre happens in 1927 and 1930, when the “Black-Birds”, an American Broadway revue group, visits Athens. This group consists of famous black performers, dancers and singers and its “crazy” black dances not only provoke a great surprise to the Athenians, but also an awareness of the concept of primitivism in art.
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