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Dance Black America : [a festival of modern, jazz, tap & African styles] /

Film produced from dance productions of the Black American Dance Festival, April 21-24, 1983, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The film includes major contemporary Black dancers and dance companies in the context of a historical survey which indicates the African and Caribbean heritage upon which B...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Brooklyn Academy of Music (Performer)
Other Authors: Hegedus, Chris (Director, Producer), Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014, Pennebaker, D. A. (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Pennington, N.J. : Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1990, 1984.
Series:Dance in video.
Subjects:
African American dance.
Dance festivals > New York (State) > New York.
Dance > United States.
Dance, Black.
Modern dance > United States.
Danses noires américaines.
Festivals de danse > New York (État) > New York.
Danse > États-Unis.
Danses noires.
Dance.
Dance festivals.
Modern dance.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
Online media.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Film produced from dance productions of the Black American Dance Festival, April 21-24, 1983, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The film includes major contemporary Black dancers and dance companies in the context of a historical survey which indicates the African and Caribbean heritage upon which Black American dance is based.
Item Description:Co-produced with Channel Four Television, Ltd., and Swedish TV.
Originally produced as documentary film in 1984.
Previously released on DVD.
Physical Description:1 online resource (22 min.)