Third world dance. [Ayoka Chenzira, Kathe Sandler and Shawneequa Baker Scott interview]. Tracing roots :
Shawneequa Baker-Scott, Ayoka Chenzira, and Kathe Sandler discuss the lives and influence of two outstanding black women, Syvilla Fort and Thelma Hill. Both are remembered as performers, Hill with Alvin Ailey's company and Fort with Katherine Dunham, and as inspirational teachers. Excerpts are...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
ARC Videodance,
[2006]
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| Series: | Eye on dance ;
no. 30. |
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| Summary: | Shawneequa Baker-Scott, Ayoka Chenzira, and Kathe Sandler discuss the lives and influence of two outstanding black women, Syvilla Fort and Thelma Hill. Both are remembered as performers, Hill with Alvin Ailey's company and Fort with Katherine Dunham, and as inspirational teachers. Excerpts are screened from the films Remembering Thelma and Syvilla - They dance to her drum (b&w), as well as an excerpt from Baker-Scott's Every mother's child (b&w), danced by herself and Dyane Harvey. In the commentary Esoterica balletica, Betty Low recalls Loie Fuller's innovative use of lighting. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Recorded on October 15, 1981 at ARC Videodance Studio, New York. Telecast on October 26, 1981. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R. |
| Production Credits: | Produced by Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. |