The act of mentioning the names of famous acquaintances in the midst of conversation can be taken as being a show off. Others can get turned off or star struck (both bad). There was a time when performers’ biographies especially in the tap dance and jazz music worlds were full of name dropping. Who someone had learned from or played with spoke to the quality of content they had inherited and the trust of the community they had been given. This was multiplied if the names on the lists where intergenerational.
Name Dropping
Name Dropping
Name Dropping
The act of mentioning the names of famous acquaintances in the midst of conversation can be taken as being a show off. Others can get turned off or star struck (both bad). There was a time when performers’ biographies especially in the tap dance and jazz music worlds were full of name dropping. Who someone had learned from or played with spoke to the quality of content they had inherited and the trust of the community they had been given. This was multiplied if the names on the lists where intergenerational.