Dance Black America (Great Performances unknown episode) (excerpt) (1985)
Title
Dance Black America (Great Performances unknown episode) (excerpt) (1985)
Subject
America--Civilization--African influences
Modern dance--United States--History
Dance--Africa
URL
Excerpt
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Description
Content description from Pennebaker Hegedus Films
(https://phfilms.com/films/dance-black-america/):
Filmed for PBS’s Great Performances at a three-day festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrating black dance. Narrated by Geoffrey Holder, Dance Black America brings to the screen the best of black dance through the years, both concert dance by leading black choreographers, and the street and social dance that trace their roots to Africa.
Ephemera: One small clipping from Under Cover magazine with program listing and brief description. Handwritten notes on folder: Last few minutes not included (Not enough tape). All credits omitted, alas.
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(https://phfilms.com/films/dance-black-america/):
Filmed for PBS’s Great Performances at a three-day festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrating black dance. Narrated by Geoffrey Holder, Dance Black America brings to the screen the best of black dance through the years, both concert dance by leading black choreographers, and the street and social dance that trace their roots to Africa.
Ephemera: One small clipping from Under Cover magazine with program listing and brief description. Handwritten notes on folder: Last few minutes not included (Not enough tape). All credits omitted, alas.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Geoffrey Holder (narrator)
D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (directors)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Publisher
Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Date
1983
Citation
“Dance Black America (Great Performances unknown episode) (excerpt) (1985),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed May 12, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/152.