Dance Black America / by Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker, with David Dawkins ; Pennebaker Associates ; produced by State University of New York and Pennebaker Associates, Inc. ; coproduced with Channel Four Television, Swedish TV.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoHightstown, NJ : Distributed by Dance Horizons Video, 1990.
Description1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
African American dance.
Dance festivals--New York (State). --New York.
DVD-Video discs.

Other author/creatorHolder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014
Other author/creatorPennebaker, D. A.
Other author/creatorHegedus, Chris
Other author/creatorPomare, Eleo
Other author/creatorGreen, Chuck
Other author/creatorJohnson, Louis Omotayo.
Other author/creatorMoore, Charles.
Other author/creatorFagan, Garth.
Other author/creatorDunham, Katherine.
Other author/creatorDawkins, David.
Other author/creatorOsumare, Halifu.
Other author/creatorDafora, Asadata, 1890-1965.
Other author/creatorDavis, Chuck, 1937-2017
Other author/creatorSloan, Lenwood O.
Other author/creatorJackson, Leon.
Other author/creatorPerryman, Al.
Other author/creatorState University of New York.
Other author/creatorDance Horizons (Firm). Video
Other author/creatorPennebaker Associates.
Other author/creatorBrooklyn Academy of Music.
Other author/creatorAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Other author/creatorCharles Moore Dance Theatre.
Other author/creatorGarth Fagan's Bucket Dance Theatre.
Other author/creatorChuck Davis Dance Company.
Other author/creatorMama Lu Parks' Jazz Dancers.
Other author/creatorMagnificent Force.
Other author/creatorJazzy Double Dutch Jumpers.
Variant title Subtitle on container: Festival of modern, jazz, tap & African styles
Contents The ostrich (1932) / choreography, Asadata Dafora ; dancer, Charles Moore -- Lenjen-Go/Mandiani / choreography, Chuck Davis ; dancers, The Chuck Davis Dance Company -- 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 -- 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 (1982)/ choreography, Louis Johnson ; dancers, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Abstract 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.
CreditsFestival directors, Patricia Kerr Ross, Mikki Shepard ; executive producers, Patricia Kerr Ross, Harvey Licthenstein, Mikki Shepard, Frazer Pennebaker ; David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker.
Performer Narrator, Geoffrey Holder.
Technical detailsDVD ; NTSC.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formFeature films United States.
Genre/formDance films.
Genre/formFilmed performances.
Other title Ostrich (Choreographic work : Dafora)
Other title Lenjen-go/Mandiani (Choreographic work : Davis)
Other title Shango (Choreographic work : Dunham)
Other title Junkie (Choreographic work : Pomare)
Other title From before (Choreographic work : Fagan)
Other title Fontessa and friends (Choreographic work : Johnson, L)
ISBN9780871272935
ISBN0871272938

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Joyner Compact DVDs GV1624.7.A34 D3 1990 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold