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Author: James Haskins
Publisher: T.Y. Crowell Junior Books
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Surveys the history of black dance in America, from its beginnings with the ritual dances of African slaves, through tap and modern dance to break dancing. Includes brief biographies of influential dancers and companies.
Author: John O. Perpener
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780252026751
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides biographical and historical information on a group of African-American artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize dance of the African diaspora as a serious art form.
Author: Halifu Osumare
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2019-02-08
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 0813065070
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →American Society for Aesthetics Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award Dancing in Blackness is a professional dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and 23 countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America. In this memoir, Halifu Osumare reflects on what blackness and dance have meant to her life and international career. Osumare's story begins in 1960s San Francisco amid the Black Arts Movement, black militancy, and hippie counterculture. It was there, she says, that she chose dance as her own revolutionary statement. Osumare describes her experiences as a young black dancer in Europe teaching "jazz ballet" and establishing her own dance company in Copenhagen. Moving to New York City, she danced with the Rod Rodgers Dance Company and took part in integrating the programs at the Lincoln Center. After doing dance fieldwork in Ghana, Osumare returned to California and helped develop Oakland’s black dance scene. Osumare introduces readers to some of the major artistic movers and shakers she collaborated with throughout her career, including Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus, Jean-Leon Destine, Alvin Ailey, and Donald McKayle. Now a black studies scholar, Osumare uses her extraordinary experiences to reveal the overlooked ways that dance has been a vital tool in the black struggle for recognition, justice, and self-empowerment. Her memoir is the inspiring story of an accomplished dance artist who has boldly developed and proclaimed her identity as a black woman.
Author: Barbara S. Glass
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2012-05-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786471577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Africans brought as slaves to North America arrived without possessions, but not without culture. The fascinating elements of African life manifested themselves richly in the New World, and among the most lasting and influential of these was the art of African dance. This generously illustrated history follows the dynamics of African dance forms throughout each generation. Early chapters discuss the African continent and the heritage of African American dance; the discrimination and marginalization of African Americans and the fortitude with which their dance forms survived; and black dance in the slavery era and later in the nineteenth century. Remaining chapters outline ten major characteristics that have consistently marked African American dance, and describe the various styles of black vernacular dance that became popular in America. The book concludes with a discussion of African dance at the end of the twentieth century and its important role in the flowering of African American arts. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author: Lynne Fauley Emery
Publisher: Princeton Book Company
Published: 1989-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780916622633
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The contribution of Black Americans to American culture has been widely recognized. Black dance - from its roots in Africa through Broadway, Hollywood, and the serious dance stage today - has been a rich ingredient in our cultural life. This book traces Black dance from the Caribean, through Southern Plantations, the North, Minstrelsy, Music Hall, to the concert dance of today. Memorable portraits are given of Bill Robinson, Alvin Ailey, Pearl Primus, the Dance Theater of Harlem, and many others. The new edition has been updated, and includes a chapter on Black dance during the last 15 years. (4e de couverture).
Author: Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010-07-02
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 143990622X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first analysis of the development of the jook and other dance arenas in African-American culture.
Author: B. Gottschild
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1137039000
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is the essence of black dance in America? To answer that question, Brenda Dixon Gottschild maps an unorthodox 'geography', the geography of the black dancing body, to show the central place black dance has in American culture. From the feet to the butt, to hair to skin/face, and beyond to the soul/spirit, Brenda Dixon Gottschild talks to some of the greatest choreographers of our day including Garth Fagan, Francesca Harper, Meredith Monk, Brenda Buffalino, Doug Elkins, Ralph Lemon, Fernando Bujones, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Jawole Zollar, Bebe Miller, Sean Curran and Shelly Washington to look at the evolution of black dance and it's importance to American culture. This is a groundbreaking piece of work by one of the foremost African-American dance critics of our day.
Author: Barbara O'Connor
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781575053530
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A biography of Katherine Dunham, emphasizing her childhood, her love of anthropology and dance, and the creation of her unique dance style.
Author: Jacqui Malone
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780252065088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Former dancer Jacqui Malone throws a fresh spotlight on the cultural history of black dance, the Africanisms that have influenced it, and the significant role that vocal harmony groups, black college and university marching bands, and black sorority and fraternity stepping teams have played in the evolution of dance in African American life.
Author: Misty Copeland
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-11-02
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 1534474250
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes an illustrated nonfiction collection celebrating dancers of color who have influenced her on and off the stage. As a young girl living in a motel with her mother and her five siblings, Misty Copeland didn’t have a lot of exposure to ballet or prominent dancers. She was sixteen when she saw a black ballerina on a magazine cover for the first time. The experience emboldened Misty and told her that she wasn’t alone—and her dream wasn’t impossible. In the years since, Misty has only learned more about the trailblazing women who made her own success possible by pushing back against repression and racism with their talent and tenacity. Misty brings these women’s stories to a new generation of readers and gives them the recognition they deserve. With an introduction from Misty about the legacy these women have had on dance and on her career itself, this book delves into the lives and careers of women of color who fundamentally changed the landscape of American ballet from the early 20th century to today.
