The Shim-Sham Book

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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

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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