Spiel/Video
Bowery Waltz
Vaudeville performance of a stylized dance-hall spiel, showing James T. Kelly and Dorothy Kent of Waite's Comedy Company and their famous "Bowery dance".[1] {{#ev:youtube|IYkIBhNSVVs}}
A Tough Dance
Exaggerated vaudeville rendition of one of the so-called tough dances, performed by Kid Foley and Sailor Lil, two Bowery dancers.[2] The tough dance emerged in the late 19th century and became prominent in 1905, gradually replacing the earlier dance-hall spiel. The dance "not only permitted physical contact, it celebrated it. Indeed, the essence of tough dancing was its suggestion of sexual intercourse".[3] Similarities to the Parisian Apache Dance have been noted.[4] {{#ev:youtube|DzqG6sXkcb0}}
New York: A Documentary Film
Scene from a documentary film explaining the origin of the song "The Sidewalks of New York".[5] {{#ev:youtube|wsx_uxISjM0}}
Notes
- ↑ From the film Bowery Waltz (1897), produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company.
- ↑ From the film A Tough Dance (1902), produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company.
- ↑ Peiss K. 1986. 101 sq.
- ↑ Niver KR. 1985. Early motion pictures: the paper print collection in the Library of Congress. Washington: Supt. of Docs. (U.S. G.P.O.).
- ↑ From the film New York: A Documentary Film (1999), episode 3 ("Sunshine and Shadow"), produced by the New-York Historical Society and Steeplechase Films. Song performed a cappella by actor Robert Sean Leonard. Film score re-recording of the song by Brian Keane.