If you took classes in jazz dance in the American Midwest from the mid-1960s through the new millennium, you almost certainly encountered the work of Gus Giordano whether you knew it or not. Maybe one of his LPs was the score for your barre or for crossing the floor. Maybe you used his syllabus and barre exercises. Maybe your teacher had a battered, beloved copy of one of his books, perhaps Anthology of American Jazz Dance, that you thumbed through before class to discover a diverse roster of dance artists you never knew existed—artists like Bob Fosse whom, you realized, your high school music-theatre choreographer was currently imitating . . . badly (figs. 1–2). I did all of these things in a little storefront studio in Detroit, and ultimately took classes at what was, in the 1980s, the “mother ship”: Giordano’s Evanston, Illinois, dance center on Davis Street.

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古斯·佐丹奴（Gus Giordano），排练和被遗忘的舞蹈胜利的关键功用

如果您从1960年代中期到新千年在美国中西部的爵士舞课上学，那么您几乎可以肯定会遇到Gus Giordano的作品，无论您是否知道。也许他的LP之一是您的横杆得分或越过场上得分。也许您使用了他的教学大纲和巴利练习。也许您的老师对他的其中一本书（也许是《美国爵士舞选集》）有一个饱受折磨，心爱的副本，您在上课之前就翻阅了一下，发现了一个不存在的舞蹈艺术家花名册，例如鲍勃·福斯（Bob Fosse）这样的艺术家，他们意识到，您的高中音乐剧院编舞员目前正在模仿。。。严重（图1-2）。我在底特律的一家小店面工作室里做所有这些事情，最终在1980年代的“母舰”上课：乔丹奴（Giordano）位于伊利诺伊州的埃文斯顿（Evanston），