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African-American choreographer/dancer Ron Brown is one of the rising stars of American Modern Dance. This program documents his return to Performance Space 122 in New York City in 2000, the theater where he launched his career, where he performed 2 solos especially for Charles Dennis' feature length documentary film Homecoming - A Celebration of 20 Years of Dance at P.S. 122. Featured in this program is Forgiveness, a collaboration with poet G. Winston...
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, Misty Copeland makes history as the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a groundbreaking ballerina. When she discovered ballet, Misty was living in a shabby motel room, struggling with her five siblings for...
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This program presents original film clips of Americans dancing iconic and vintage dances. Dancetime Publications has culled footage from multiple archives and libraries to create this collection of pivotal dance moments reflecting changing trends, expertise, and taste. A chronicle of American dance culture, this retrospective ranges from people dancing at social events to top ballroom performers, as well as showing rare footage of African American...
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"The Whitman Sisters were the highest paid act on the Negro Vaudeville Circuit, Theater Owner Booking Association (Toby), and one of the longest surviving touring companies (1899-1942). The group was considered the greatest incubator of dancing talent for Negro shows on or off Toby, and significantly contributed to American theater and dance history. In The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville, Nadine George-Graves provides a historical narrative of their...
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"Judith Jamison is, in every sense, a towering figure. Her commanding physical presence and extraordinary technique have made her not only a superstar of American dance and an innovator in her field, but also an inspiration to African Americans, to women, and to people of all origins around the world. Last November, Doubleday published Dancing Spirit, this remarkable woman's autobiography. Now, with Anchor's paperback publication, an even wider audience...
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"The history of American dance reflects the nation's tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds watched, imitated, and stole from one another. Audiences everywhere embraced the result as deeply American. Chronicling dance from the minstrel stage to the music video, Megan Pugh shows how freedom--that nebulous, contested American ideal--emerged as a genre-defining aesthetic. Ballerinas mingled with slumming thrill-seekers, and hoedowns...
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