AV# 68141
Dancing in the Light


Dance in America Series


Digital Video Disc - 53 minutes - Color - 2007



The American Dance Festival presents six dances, spanning 60 years of choreography by African Americans. On this disc: Awassa Astrige / Ostrich (4 minutes) choreographed by Asadata Dafora in 1932. excerpt from Barrelhouse Blues (6 min.) choreographed by Katherine Dunham in 1938. Strange Fruit (3 min.) choreographed by Pearl Primus in 1943. Mourner’s Bench (5 min.) choreographed by Talley Beatty in 1947. Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder (19 min.) choreographed by Donald McKayle in 1959. D-Man in the Waters - Section 1 (15 min.) choreographed by Bill T. Jones in 1989. Letterboxed. Filmmaker Madison Davis Lacy. The American Dance Festival and Educational Broadcasting Corporation.


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