The Spirit Moves - Part One:
Jazz Dance from the Turn of the Century to 1950
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Filmed in a studio setting, Part 1 contains demonstrations of ragtime and jazz dances by artists at the Savoy including James Berry, Pepsi Bethel, Teddy Brown, Sandra Gibson, Leon James, Al Minns and Frankie Manning. Dances include the Cakewalk and Charleston Black Bottom, Susie Q, Shake Blues, Gutbucket Blues, Trunky Doo, Big Apple and some aerial Lindy Hop. 45 minutes. Digitally remastered. Region free.

CHAPTER ONE: RAGTIME
Strut

PEPSI BETHEL, ALFRED MINNS, LEON JAMES

Cakewalk

ESTHER WASHINGTON, ALFRED MINNS, LEON JAMES

Breaks
Steps In Cakewalk

ESTHER WASHINGTON, PEPSI BETHEL

JAZZTIME
Charleston 1920’s

THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE

JAZZTIME Charleston 1930’s

THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE

CHAPTER TWO: BLUES
Rent Party

THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE

Shake Blues

SANDRA GIBSON

Speak Easy

LEON JAMES, AL MINNS & GUEST PARTNER

Male Shake Blues

AL MINNS

Gutbucket Blues

SANDRA GIBSON & JAMES BERRY (GUEST ARTIST)

CHAPTER THREE: SAVOY ROUTINES
Trunky Doo

AL MINNS, PEPSI BETHEL, LEON JAMES

Aerial Lindy

LEON JAMES, ESTHER WASHINGTON

California (Lindy)

WILLIAM & FRANKY MANNING (sic)
(WILLAMAE RICKER & FRANKIE MANNING)

Big Apple –

THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE

POSTWAR TRENDS
Calypso

ALFRED MINNS, GUEST PARTNER, TEDDY BROWN

Apple Jack

THOMAS KING, SCUBY STROHMAN