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The Shim-Sham Shimmy - a Victor Cuno Tap Dance Research Book. It's FREE! Many details about the many ways tap dancers worked with the four famous steps of this routine. Just register and get it ! Available as DOWNLOAD PDF
The Shim-Sham Shimmy - a Victor Cuno Tap Dance Research Book. It's FREE! Many details about the many ways tap dancers worked with the four famous steps of this routine. Just register and get it ! Available as DOWNLOAD PDF
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contents:
About The Shim-Sham p.2
Definition - Origins - History - Analysis - The Half-Break Routine - Dancing The Shim-Sham
The Shim-Sham-Shimmy - 1st Chorus p.8 Dance Craze p.12 FREEZE ! - 2nd Chorus p.13
Shim-Sham Technique p.18 Shim-Sham Break p.20 Fred Astaire p.23 Variations p.26
Alternatives before the Break p.29 Half-Break into Break p.30 Leonard Reed - The New Shim-Sham p.31
Playin' Around with the Shim-Sham - 3 Routines:
The Nicholas Brothers p.34 Carnell Lyons p.49 Savion Glovers Shim-Sham p.55
Shim-Sham Step > techniques (a listing compiled from films, clips & documentaries p.73
Newspaper documentation p.82.
Shim-Sham Step > techniques & their dancers (resume of the previous chapter with all sources) p.105
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