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Buddy Bradley: Unsung Hero of the British Musical Stage

11 Dec 1940, The Sketch

Draft version. Published version available from Black Ink, Issue 4, 20 September 2023. Article: In 2020, Buddy Bradley’s name appeared several times during my research on tap dance history in the UK and I was intrigued about how this American became the first Black choreographer of British musical film in the 1930s. How is it that hardly any dancers (including myself) had heard of him? The more I learned about Buddy, the more widespread I found his influence to be and by summer 2021, I was writing a research project proposal in order to recover the missing story of his contribution to British dance practice

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Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing – A tap dance teacher’s perspective

Read about my involvment with the Royal Academy of Dance’s “Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing” project from October 2012 to July 2013.

This article was first published on Dance UK’s website on Tue 28 May 2013 and in Dance UK’s magazine issue 86/Autumn 2013.

By Annette Walker, professional tap dancer and teacher
www.annettewalker.co.uk

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Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund Report

Annette Walker’s Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Award Report (December 2010)

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ADAD Trailblazer Interim Report 2009-2010

An edited version of the April 2010 Interim Report submitted for the Trailblazer Fellowship 2009-2010

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A Celebration for the Life of James Maddison Clark (Jimmy Clark)

Today Jimmy Clark of the fabulous dancing duo The Clark Brothers was laid to rest in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

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Dance Expression Articles

Scans of published Dance Expression Talking Tap articles by Annette Walker (2008)

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