Art of Stage Dancing
Ned Wayburn
55 chapters · 12 h 43 min · English
Read by Jill Janovetz, Viglione, Ramon Escamilla, Jewel Raquel, MaryAnn, Cynthia Moyer and others
Miscellaneous · Performing Arts
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Ned Wayburn, a popular and outstanding choreographer of the early 1900's, writes about the different styles and requirements of dancing and his way of teaching it.
Chapters
1 Greetings and An Apology 4 min 2 Chapter 1: A Bit of Ancient History 7 min 3 Chapter 2: Modern Stage Dancing 7 min 4 Chapter 3: Ned Wayburn, An Inspiration 28 min 5 Chapter 4: The Ned Wayburn Method of Training 20 min 6 Chapter 5: Ned Wayburn Stage Dances 10 min 7 Chapter 6: Ned Wayburn's Foundation Technique 14 min 8 Chapter 7: Mr. Wayburn Addresses the Beginners' Class in Foundation Technique 16 min 9 Chapter 8: Ned Wayburn's Musical Comedy Dancing 21 min 10 Chapter 9: Mr. Wayburn Addresses a Class in Musical Comedy Dancing 12 min 11 Chapter 10: Ned Wayburn's Tap and Step Dancing (Clogging) 16 min 12 Chapter 11: Mr. Wayburn Addresses a Class in Tap and Step Dancing 10 min 13 Chapter 12: Ned Wayburn's Acrobatic Dancing 10 min 14 Chapter 13: Mr. Wayburn Addresses a Class in Acrobatic Dancing 12 min 15 Chapter 14: Ned Wayburn's Modern Americanized Ballet Technique 14 min 16 Chapter 15: Terms Used in Ned Wayburn's Modern Americanized Ballet Technique 6 min 17 Chapter 16: Mr. Wayburn Addresses the Beginners' Class in Ballet Technique 8 min 18 Chapter 17: Ned Wayburn's Toe Dancing 6 min 19 Chapter 18: Ned Wayburn's Specialty Dancing 4 min 20 Chapter 19: Ned Wayburn's Exhibition Dancing 4 min 21 Chapter 20: Ned Wayburn's Professional Stage Makeup 38 min 22 Chapter 21: Stage Costumes 7 min 23 Chapter 22: Dancing Tempos 7 min 24 Chapter 23: Diet and Dancing 34 min 25 Chapter 24: Dancing and Good Health 5 min 26 Chapter 25: Showmanship 9 min 27 Chapter 26: "Who's Who" in the Show 33 min 28 Chapter 27: Professional Coaching and Producing for Amateur Entertainments 47 min 29 Chapter 28: Private Instruction 4 min 30 Chapter 29: Experience 8 min 31 Chapter 30: Inspiration 10 min 32 Chapter 31: Atmosphere 7 min 33 Chapter 32: Dancing Children 9 min 34 Chapter 33: Dancing Hands 6 min 35 Chapter 34: Dancing Feet 5 min 36 Chapter 35: Dancing Shoes 11 min 37 Chapter 36: The Quest of Beauty 5 min 38 Chapter 37: Who's Afraid! (Stage Fright) 11 min 39 Chapter 38: The Dance and the Drama 3 min 40 Chapter 39: Personality in the Dance 6 min 41 Chapter 40: Dancing and Ease of Manner 3 min 42 Chapter 41: Dancing and Civilization 8 min 43 Chapter 42: Dancing and Cheerfulness 5 min 44 Chapter 43: Dancing and Country Life 8 min 45 Chapter 44: Dancing as a Social Accomplishment 4 min 46 Chapter 45: Universal Appreciation of the Dance 3 min 47 Chapter 46: The Melting Pot of the Dance 4 min 48 Chapter 47: Your Opportunities 6 min 49 Chapter 48: Stage-craft 18 min 50 Chapter 49: Making a Name 18 min 51 Chapter 50: Forms of Stage Contracts 36 min 52 Chapter 50: Forms of Stage Contracts Part 2 57 min 53 Chapter 50: Forms of Stage Contracts Part 3 54 min 54 Chapter 50: Forms of Stage Contracts Part 4 43 min 55 Daily schedule for adult girls 5 min