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Recorder-Sunset Press [Published Date: 1951[. Hardcover, 125 pp. First Edition. In good+ condition/ NO dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with faded gold lettering on front and spine. Light bumping to edges of covers and light overall scuffing with a bit of the color scuffed off at top and bottom of spine. Binding solid. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Black and white illustrations. [from Preface] The style of tap dancing has been undergoing a very definite change in the last few years due mainly to the interweaving of various forms of the dance. Musical approach, shading, contrast, styling and routine staging have been introduced to afford adequate knowledge for the facilitation of a modern approach to lap dancing. The progressive exercises contained in this volume are constructed so as to present the student with a well-informed knowledge and modern approach to the present trend of tap dancing. An exercise routine succeeds each phase of the exercises to furnish the student with practical experience in adopting the modern form of presentation. A dictionary, of both standard and commonly used lap terms, has been included to afford the dancer a scope of knowledge essential in the interpretation of tap terminology.It is hoped elements of this book will be accepted as the author's desire to serve those engaged in the dancing field with fundamentals and procedures in the modern techniques of tap dancing. Contents include: Musical Approach; Abbreviations in Dance Notation; Shading and Contrast; Stylization; Staging the Routine; Progressive Exercises; Tap Terminology; bibliography.