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Swingin' at the Savoy: The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer

Norma Miller, Evette Jensen · Temple University Press · 1996

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Norma Miller danced at the Savoy from age fourteen; her memoir documents the ballroom's social codes, the slower repertoire, and the Black women's labour behind the touring dance acts.

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