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Kay Wheeler on Rock and Roll Dancing

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Title

Kay Wheeler on Rock and Roll Dancing

Description

This interview with dancer Kay Wheeler was conducted on 28 February 2012 by email. Wheeler was active as a rock and roll dancer in the 1950s. She toured and starred in the film "Rock, Baby, Rock It" (1957). She calls her dance style the Rocknbop. In this interview, she describes the style and her dance influences, as well as some of the reactions audiences had to her performances.

Date

28 February 2012

Contributor

Wheeler, Kay

Rights

(c) 2012

Language

English

Interview Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Branstetter, Leah

Interviewee

Wheeler, Kay

Original Format

E-mail

Files

Kay Wheeler Interview.pdf

Citation

“Kay Wheeler on Rock and Roll Dancing,” Women in Rock & Roll's First Wave, accessed November 22, 2024, http://www.womeninrockproject.org/omeka/items/show/7.