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Oral history interview with April Berry

Title
  1. Oral history interview with April Berry / interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Published by
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.
Author
  1. Berry, April, 1956-

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Additional authors
  1. Murray, James Briggs
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. April Berry describes her training and career in dance and the contributions Katherine Dunham made to the world of dance. Family history and childhood; beginning of dance education; primary and secondary education; first auditions and performances; study with the Dance Theatre of Harlem; studying and auditioning with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; working with Ailey and company; experience working with Katherine Dunham during Ailey company's performance of the Magic of Katherine Dunham in 1978; importance of learning the Dunham Technique; experience working with former Dunham dancers; some advice to young people interested in dance.
Subject
  1. Dance > United States
  2. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  3. Ailey, Alvin
  4. Berry, April, 1956- > Interviews
  5. Dancers > United States > Biography
  6. Choreography > United States
  7. Modern dance > United States
  8. Oral histories
  9. Dance companies > United States
  10. Choreographers > United States
  11. Dunham, Katherine
  12. Filmed interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Oral histories.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Nonfiction films.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1260
Biography (note)
  1. April Berry is a dancer, and at the time of this interview, she was principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Author
  1. Berry, April, 1956- interviewee.
Title
  1. Oral history interview with April Berry / interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Publisher
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file DVD
Event
  1. Recorded December 29,1987. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
Biography
  1. April Berry is a dancer, and at the time of this interview, she was principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Added author
  1. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1260
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