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Additional authors

1. Chenzira, Ayoka.
2. Little, Eugene
3. Reynolds, Pearl
4. Cage, John.
5. Fort, Syvilla
6. Harvey, Dyane

Description

1. 1 film reel (23 min.) : sd., b&w.; 16 mm.

Subject

1. Fort, Syvilla
2. Bacchanale (Choreographic work : Little)
3. Danza (Choreographic work : Reynolds)
4. African American dance
5. African American dancers
6. African American women > Biography
7. Biographical films
8. Choreographers > United States > Biography
9. Documentary films
10. Modern dance > United States
11. Women dancers > Biography

Call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-236

Note

1. Directed and narrated by Ayoka Chenzira.
2. Documents the life and work of Afro-American concert dance artist, choreographer and teacher Syvilla Fort who became a leading force and living institution in the world of Afro-Caribbean-South American infuenced dance. Utilizes interviews, still photographs, and footage of Fort instructing dancers of various ages. Dance excerpts include Bacchanale, choreography by Eugene Little, music by John Cage; and Danza, choreography by Pearl Reynolds, music by Talib Abdul Quade (flute) and Edwin Tyler (conga), both danced by Dyane Harvey.

Title

1. Syvilla : they dance to her drum [Motion picture] / produced by Ayoka Chenzira.

Imprint

1. 1979.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Chenzira, Ayoka. drt, producer, narrator.
2. Little, Eugene, choreographer.
3. Reynolds, Pearl, dancer.
4. Cage, John. Arranger
5. Fort, Syvilla, dancer.
6. Harvey, Dyane, dancer.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-236 Service copy
2. Sc Visual MPB-185 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-236