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Description

1. <11> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. Television and publicity stills of various programs on "Great Performances" including "Divine Drumbeats: Katherine Dunham and Her People," from "Dance in America," featuring Glory Van Scott, Vanoye Aikens, Doris Bennett, Norman Davis and Katherine Dunham; "Balanchine Celebrates Stravinsky," from "Dance in America," featuring Mel Tomlinson, Suzanne Farrell and Vera Zorina; "Dance Theatre of Harlem in A Streetcar Named Desire," from "Dance in America," featuring Virginia Johnson and Lowell Smith; "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" featuring Ruby Dee; a combined still for both "Purlie" featuring Sherman Hemsley, Robert Guillaume and Melba Moore and "Don Quixote," from "Dance in America," featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Cynthia Harvey; a combined still for both "The Cotton Club Remembered" featuring Cab Calloway and the program "Paul Robeson: Man of Conscience" featuring Paul Robeson; "Ellington - The Music Lives On" featuring Duke Ellington, Carly Simon, Sister Sledge, Cicley Tyson and Mercer Ellington; acombined still for "The Regard of Flight" featuring Bill Irwin and a portrait of Duke Ellington for an upcoming television profile; and a combined still for "Wynton Marsalis: Blues and Swing" featuring Marsalis, and two other PBS programs, "Frontline: Running With Jesse" and "Crisis: Who Will Do Science?" which were aired in celebration of Black History Month.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Alternative title

1. Crisis.
2. Don Quixote.
3. Frontline.
4. Wynton Marsalis.
5. Dance in America.
6. Divine drumbeats.
7. Balanchine celebrates Stravinsky.
8. Dance theatre of Harlem in a streetcar named Desire.
9. To be young, gifted and black.
10. Ellington.
11. Purlie.
12. Paul Robeson.
13. Cotton club remembered.
14. The regard of flight.

Subject

1. Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
2. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
3. Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 > Performances > 1980-1989
4. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
5. Simon, Carly > Performances > 1980-1989
6. Tyson, Cicely
7. Ellington, Mercer
8. Guillaume, Robert > Performances > 1980-1989
9. Moore, Melba > Performances > 1980-1989
10. Dee, Ruby > Performances > 1980-1989
11. Davis, Norman > Performances > 1980-1989
12. Hemsley, Sherman > Performances > 1980-1989
13. Aikens, Vanoye > Performances > 1980-1989
14. Van Scott, Glory > Performances > 1980-1989
15. Tomlinson, Mel > Performances > 1980-1989
16. Smith, Lowell, 1951-2007 > Performances > 1980-1989
17. Bennett, Doris > Performances > 1980-1989
18. Johnson, Virginia, 1950- > Performances > 1980-1989
19. Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
20. Dunham, Katherine
21. Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- > Performances > 1980-1989
22. Zorina, Vera > Performances > 1980-1989
23. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- > Performances > 1980-1989
24. Harvey, Cynthia > Performances > 1980-1989
25. Irwin, Bill, 1950- > Performances > 1980-1989
26. Sister Sledge (Musical group)
27. African Americans on television
28. Television specials > United States

Genre/Form

1. Television stills – 1980-1989.
2. Publicity photographs – 1980-1989.
3. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1980-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Television Stills

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Photographs bear captions.

Title

1. Great performances television stills collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <198-?>

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1. Request Appointment

Added title

1. Crisis.
2. Don Quixote.
3. Frontline.
4. Wynton Marsalis.
5. Dance in America.
6. Divine drumbeats.
7. Balanchine celebrates Stravinsky.
8. Dance theatre of Harlem in a streetcar named Desire.
9. To be young, gifted and black.
10. Ellington.
11. Purlie.
12. Paul Robeson.
13. Cotton club remembered.
14. The regard of flight.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Television Stills