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"I'd been offered five other opportunities to do the show outside New York but I'd always been scared that the show wouldn't live up to my Broadway experience. North Shore, however, is really reputable, plus another one of the 'Swing' on-Broadway veterans Ann Hampton Callway, is here too." Bradley told this writer.
"The '60s and '70s, the time when I was beginning to conceive of this piece, was an era where the focus was on the struggle. Our culture has more to it than that," said Yarde recalling one impetus for devising the Savoy replication. The other motivation came from seeing a room of Matisse's paintings of dancers in a Paris exhibit. "I was blown across the room," said Yarde, "and I wanted to do the same thing for African American dancers.""I remember Norma Miller after looking at the figures, turning to me and saying, 'you've got my husband there but he's dancing with another woman.' They felt that my art had brought the Savoy back to life," he said.See the full content of this document
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'Swing' Comes to North Shore
When swing was all the thing, the nimble Frankie Manning swung his dance partner into the air at the Savoy Ballroom -- and the Lindy Hop was born. Legend has it that the aerial toss got its ...
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