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Dancing in the light / PBS ; a production of the American Dance Festival in association with Thirteen/WNET New York ; produced by Jodee Nimerichter ; directed and written by Madison Davis Lacy.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionWidescreen format.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Educational Broadcasting Corporation ; West Long Branch, NJ : Distributed by Kultur, ©2007.
Description1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Supplemental Content Episode website
Subject(s)
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965.
Dunham, Katherine.
Primus, Pearl.
Beatty, Talley.
McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
Jones, Bill T.
DVD-Video discs.
Ballets.
Modern dance.
African American dance.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Choreographers.
Women choreographers.
Choreographers--United States.
African American dance--History --20th century.
Modern dance--United States.
Modern dance--United States --History.
Other author/creatorDafora, Asadata, 1890-1965 choreographer.
Other author/creatorDunham, Katherine choreographer.
Other author/creatorPrimus, Pearl choreographer.
Other author/creatorBeatty, Talley choreographer.
Other author/creatorMcKayle, Donald, 1930-2018 choreographer.
Other author/creatorJones, Bill T. choreographer, dancer.
Other author/creatorHarris, G. D., dancer.
Other author/creatorWatson, Dawn, dancer.
Other author/creatorStigler, Jerome, dancer.
Other author/creatorNimerichter, Jodee, producer.
Other author/creatorLacy, Madison Davis, screenwriter, director.
Other author/creatorDiggs, Taye host.
Other author/creatorCleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, dancer.
Other author/creatorPhiladelphia Dance Company, dancer.
Other author/creatorDayton Contemporary Dance Company, dancer.
Other author/creatorBill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, dancer.
Other author/creatorPublic Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other author/creatorAmerican Dance Festival.
Other author/creatorWNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Other author/creatorEducational Broadcasting Corporation.
Other author/creatorKultur International Films.
Variant title Title on disc label and container: American Dance Festival's Dancing in the light : six dances by African-American choreographers
Contents Introduction -- Awassa astrige-Ostrich / choreography by Asadata Dafora ; music by Carl Riley (1932) -- Barrelhouse blues (excerpt) / choreography by Katherine Dunham ; music by Jess Stacy (1938) -- Strange fruit / choreography by Pearl Primus ; poem by Lewis Allen (1943) -- Mourner's bench / choreography by Talley Beatty ; music by William L. Dawson (1947) -- Rainbow 'round my shoulder / choreography by Donald McKayle ; music arranged by Robert Decormier and Milton Okun (1959) -- D-Man in the waters - Section 1 / choreography by Bill T. Jones ; music by Felix Mendelssohn (1989) -- Closing credits.
Abstract Dancing in the Light presents six historic works by African American choreographers, filmed by the American Dance Festival to preserve and celebrate the black tradition in modern dance. Created from 1938 to 1959, when viewed together in chronological order these works dramatically illustrate the important role black choreographers have played in the development of American modern dance. Host Taye Diggs introduces each dance, and gives précis biographies of the creative men and women who conceived them and brought them to the public.
General noteOriginally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television program Great performances : Dance in America on June 20, 2007.
CreditsEditor, Girish Bhargava ; consultants, Matthew Diamond, Gary Halvorson ; camera, Ed Fussell, Ronnie Smith, Tom Hurwitz.
Performer Host, Taye Diggs; performers: Awassa astrige-Ostrich: G. D. Harris, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company; Barrelhouse blues: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble; Strange fruit: Dawn Marie Watson, Philadanco; Mourner's bench: Jerome Stigler, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company; Rainbow 'round my shoulder: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company; D-Man in the waters - Section 1: Bill T. Jones, Arnie Zane Dance Company.
Date/time/place of a event noteDances recorded in performance at the 2001 American Dance Festival.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn English.
Genre/formCultural television programs.
Genre/formDocumentary television programs.
Genre/formNonfiction television programs.
Genre/formTelevised dance.
Other title Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
Other title Jazz "hot" (Choreographic work : Dunham)
Other title Strange fruit (Choreographic work : Primus)
Other title Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty)
Other title Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle)
Other title D-man in the waters (Choreographic work : Jones)
Other title Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Other title Dance in America.
ISBN0769785204
ISBN9780769785202
UPC 032031425194
Publisher numberD4251 Kultur

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