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Dance Black America

Title
  1. Dance Black America [videorecording] / Dance Horizons Video by Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker with David Hawkins ; a festival by State University of New York and Brooklyn Academy of Music ; produced and distributed by State University of New York and Pennebaker Associates, Inc.
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  1. Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video : Distributed by Princeton Book Co., 1990, c1984.

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Additional authors
  1. Johnson, Louis.
  2. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965.
  3. Dunham, Katherine.
  4. Pomare, Eleo.
  5. Fagan, Garth.
  6. Davis, Chuck, 1937-2017.
  7. Sloan, Lenwood.
  8. Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014
  9. Charles Moore Dance Theatre. prf
  10. Garth Fagan's Bucket Dance Theatre. prf
  11. Chuck Davis Dance Company. prf
  12. Mama Lu Parks' Jazz Dancers. prf
  13. Magnificent Force. prf
  14. Jazzy Double Dutch Jumpers. prf
  15. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. prf
  16. Pennebaker Associates.
  17. State University of New York.
  18. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  19. Dance Horizons (Firm). Video.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Documents a four-day festival of dancers and dance companies held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Celebrates the evolution of black dance from the sly parody of plantation quadrilles known as the Cakewalk to the contemporary sophistication of the Alvin Ailey Company.
Alternative title
  1. Ostrich.
  2. Shango.
  3. Junkie.
  4. From before.
  5. Lenjen-Go/Mandiani.
  6. Juba.
  7. Cakewalk.
  8. Snakehips.
  9. Lindy hop.
  10. Tap dance.
  11. Break dancing.
  12. Double Dutch jump rope.
  13. Fontessa and friends.
Subject
  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music
  2. African Americans > Dancing
  3. Dance festivals > New York
  4. Dance videos
Genre/Form
  1. Video recordings.
Contents
  1. The ostrich (1932) / choreography, Asadata Dafora ; dancer, Charles Moore -- Shango (1945) / choreography, Katherine Dunham ; dancers, Charles Moore Dance Theatre -- Junkie (1965) / choreographer and performer, Eleo Pomare -- From before (1978) / choreography, Garth Fagan ; dancers, The Bucket Dance Company -- Lenjen-Go/Mandiani / choreography, Chuck Davis ; dancers, The Chuck Davis Dance Company -- Juba (1845-65) / reconstructed by Lenwood Sloan ; dancer, Leon Jackson -- The cakewalk (1900?) / choreography, Lenwood Sloan ; dancers, Leon Jackson, Halifu Osumare -- Snakehips (1920?) / originated by Snakehips' Tucker ; dancer, Al Perryman -- Lindy hop / dancers, Mama Lu Parks' Jazz Dancers -- Tap dance / dancer, Chuck Green ; music, Duke Ellington -- Break dancing / The Magnificent Force -- Double Dutch jump rope / The Jazzy Double Dutch Jumpers -- Fontessa and friends / choreography, Louis Johnson ; dancers, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Credits (note)
  1. Festival directors, Patricia Kerr Ross, Mikki Shepard ; executive producers, Patricia Kerr Ross, Harvey Licthenstein, Mikki Shepard, Frazer Pennebaker.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.