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Additional authors

1. Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014
2. Moore, Charles, 1928-1986
3. Jackson, Leon
4. Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825-1852
5. Osumare, Halifu
6. Perryman, Al
7. Tucker, Snakehips
8. Parks, Mama Lu
9. Green, Chuck
10. Wood, Donna, 1954-
11. De Loatch, Gary
12. Chase, Debora
13. Clark, Danny
14. McDaniel, Keith
15. Smith, Jo Jo
16. Opoku, Albert A.
17. Yarborough, Lavinia Williams
18. Reynolds, Pearl
19. Destiné, Jean Léon
20. Primus, Pearl
21. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965
22. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
23. Dunham, Katherine
24. Pomare, Eleo
25. Fagan, Garth
26. Sloan, Lenwood O.
27. Fraad, Julie
28. Johnson, Louis, 1930-
29. Burbridge, Edward
30. Spence, Chenault
31. Hall, Arthur
32. Ross, Patty Kerr
33. Shepard, Mikki
34. Pierson, Harold
35. Pennebaker, D. A.
36. Hegedus, Chris
37. Dawkins, David
38. Dance Black America (Festival)
39. Chuck Davis Dance Company, performer.
40. Charles Moore Dance Theatre, performer.
41. Katherine Dunham Company, performer.
42. Garth Fagan Dance (Dance Company), performer.
43. Mama Lu Parks' Traditional Jazz Dance Company, performer.
44. Magnificent Force (Dance company), performer.
45. Jazzy Jumpers (Dance company), performer.
46. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performer.
47. Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble, performer.
48. State University of New York.
49. Pennebaker Associates.
50. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
51. Dance Horizons (Firm). Video.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Documentary on the four-day Dance Black America Festival held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 21-24, 1983. The program opens with a montage of dance classes, followed by performance excerpts from works by selected black performers and choreographers, interspersed with brief interviews, candid footage of the performers and audience, and b&w historical film footage.

Uniform title

1. Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
2. Lenjen-go/Mandiani (Choreographic work : Davis)
3. Shango (Choreographic work : Dunham)
4. Blues for the jungle (Choreographic work : Pomare)
5. From before (Choreographic work : Fagan)
6. Fontessa and friends (Choreographic work : Johnson, L)

Subject

1. Johnson, Louis, 1930- > Interviews
2. Fagan, Garth > Interviews
3. Video
4. Dunham, Katherine > Interviews
5. Cakewalk (Dance)
6. Break dancing
7. Dance, Black > United States
8. Lindy (Dance)
9. Tap dancing
10. Dance
11. Television > Great performances
12. Rope skipping
13. Moore, Charles > Interviews
14. Pomare, Eleo > Interviews
15. Television > Dance Black America
16. Davis, Chuck, 1937- > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Awassa astrige (The ostrich) / choreography, Asadata Dafora ; flute, Carl Riley ; costume, Catti ; performed by Charles Moore.
2. Lenjen-go/Mandiani / choreography, Chuck Davis ; performed by the Chuck Davis Dance Company.
3. Shango / choreography, Katherine Dunham ; costumes, Vicki Atkinson ; performed by the Charles Moore Dance Theatre ; singer, Miriam Burton. Preceded by b&w footage of Dunham and her company in performance.
4. Junkie (from Blues for the jungle) / choreography and performance, Eleo Pomare ; music, Charles Mingus.
5. From before / choreography and costumes, Garth Fagan ; music, Ralph MacDonald ; performed by The Bucket Dance Theatre.
6. Leon Jackson as Master Juba / reconstruction, Lenwood Sloan. Preceded by b&w historical footage.
7. Cakewalk (circa 1900) / choreography, Lenwood Sloan ; performed by Halifu Osumare and Leon Jackson. Interspersed with b&w historical footage.
8. Al Perryman as Earl "Snakehips" Tucker / originated by Snakehips Tucker ; music, Duke Ellington. Preceded by b&w footage of Snakehips Tucker and female dancers.
9. Mama Lu Parks' Jazz Dancers dancing the Lindy / introduced onstage by Mama Lu Parks ; preceded by b&w historical footage.
10. Chuck Green tap dancing / music, Duke Ellington (Take the A train). Preceded by footage of the Biss Harmonizers singing backstage.
11. Breakdancing by The Magnificent Force / directed by Julie Fraad. Interspersed with b&w historical footage of street dancing.
12. Double dutch jump roping by the Jazzy Jumpers.
13. Fontessa and friends / conception, choreography and costumes, Louis Johnson ; inspired by the composition Fontessa by John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet ; music, Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson, Modern Jazz Quartet, Khachaturian, Linda Clifford ; decor, Edward Burbridge ; lighting, Chenault Spence ; performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Donna Wood (Fontessa), Gary De Loatch (Ragtime), Debora Chase and Daniel Clark (the lovers), Keith McDaniel (strongman), and Carl Bailey, Norman Kauahi, Ralph Glenmore, Nat Orr, Charles Epps, Masazumi Chaya (clowns).
14. Finale with Arthur Hall's Afro-American Ensemble and Dejan's Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-280

Credits (note)

1. Festival credits: artistic directors, Harold Pierson, Lenwood Sloan ; music director, Rudy Stevenson. Video credits: co-produced with Channel Four Television and Swedish TV ; editing, David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker.

Event (note)

1. Telecast on Great Performances, WNET/Channel 13, New York on Jan. 27, 1985.

Title

1. Dance Black America [videorecording] / produced by State University of New York and Pennebaker Associates Inc. ; festival produced by State University of New York and Brooklyn Academy of Music ; [video] directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker with David Dawkins ; festival directed by Patricia Kerr Ross and Mikki Shepard.

Imprint

1. U.S. : Pennebaker Associates, c1984 ; Pennington, N.J. : distributed by Dance Horizons Video, 1990.

Event

1. Telecast on Great Performances, WNET/Channel 13, New York on Jan. 27, 1985.

Credits

1. Festival credits: artistic directors, Harold Pierson, Lenwood Sloan ; music director, Rudy Stevenson. Video credits: co-produced with Channel Four Television and Swedish TV ; editing, David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker.

Performer

1. Narration: Geoffrey Holder.
2. Interviewees: Charles Moore, Katherine Dunham (voiceover), Eleo Pomare, Garth Fagan, Louis Johnson.
3. Teachers in dance class montage: Jo Jo Smith, Albert M. Opoku, Lavinia Williams, Pearl Reynolds, Jean-Leon Destiné, Garth Fagan, Pearl Primus.

Local subject

1. Television. Great performances.
2. Television. Dance Black America.

Added author

1. Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014, narrator.
2. Moore, Charles, 1928-1986, dancer.
3. Moore, Charles, 1928-1986, interviewee.
4. Jackson, Leon, dancer.
5. Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825-1852, dancer.
6. Osumare, Halifu, dancer.
7. Perryman, Al, dancer.
8. Tucker, Snakehips, dancer.
9. Parks, Mama Lu, dancer.
10. Green, Chuck, dancer.
11. Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.
12. De Loatch, Gary, dancer.
13. Chase, Debora, dancer.
14. Clark, Danny, dancer.
15. McDaniel, Keith, dancer.
16. Smith, Jo Jo, teacher.
17. Opoku, Albert A., teacher.
18. Yarborough, Lavinia Williams, teacher.
19. Reynolds, Pearl, teacher.
20. Destiné, Jean Léon, teacher.
21. Primus, Pearl, teacher.
22. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965, choreographer.
23. Davis, Chuck, 1937- interviewee.
24. Davis, Chuck, 1937- choreographer.
25. Dunham, Katherine, interviewee.
26. Dunham, Katherine, choreographer.
27. Pomare, Eleo, interviewee.
28. Pomare, Eleo, choreographer.
29. Fagan, Garth, interviewee.
30. Fagan, Garth, choreographer.
31. Fagan, Garth, costume designer.
32. Fagan, Garth, teacher.
33. Sloan, Lenwood O., choreographer.
34. Fraad, Julie, director.
35. Johnson, Louis, 1930- interviewee.
36. Johnson, Louis, 1930- choreographer.
37. Johnson, Louis, 1930- costume designer.
38. Burbridge, Edward, set designer.
39. Spence, Chenault, lighting designer.
40. Hall, Arthur, choreographer.
41. Ross, Patty Kerr, director.
42. Shepard, Mikki, director.
43. Pierson, Harold, director.
44. Pennebaker, D. A., film producer.
45. Pennebaker, D. A., film director.
46. Pennebaker, D. A., videographer.
47. Hegedus, Chris, film director.
48. Hegedus, Chris, videographer.
49. Dawkins, David, film director.
50. Dawkins, David, videographer.
51. Dance Black America (Festival)
52. Chuck Davis Dance Company, performer.
53. Charles Moore Dance Theatre, performer.
54. Katherine Dunham Company, performer.
55. Garth Fagan Dance (Dance Company), performer.
56. Mama Lu Parks' Traditional Jazz Dance Company, performer.
57. Magnificent Force (Dance company), performer.
58. Jazzy Jumpers (Dance company), performer.
59. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performer.
60. Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble, performer.
61. State University of New York.
62. Pennebaker Associates.
63. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
64. Dance Horizons (Firm). Video.

Added title

1. Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
2. Lenjen-go/Mandiani (Choreographic work : Davis)
3. Shango (Choreographic work : Dunham)
4. Blues for the jungle (Choreographic work : Pomare)
5. From before (Choreographic work : Fagan)
6. Fontessa and friends (Choreographic work : Johnson, L)

ISBN

1. 0871271591

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-280