| Title | The Black tradition in American modern dance / [foreword and booklet editor, Gerald E. Myers].
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| Published | [Durham, N.C.? : American Dance Festival, 1988]
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| Description | 29 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
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| General Note | Cover title.
At head of title: American Dance Festival.
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| Bib. Note | Bibliography: p. 26.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Foreword / Gerald E. Myers -- Black dance in American history / Robert Hinton -- "Gimme de kneebone bent" : African body language and the evolution of American dance forms / Peter H. Wood -- "All dance, leap and play" : Jonkonnu, slave society, and Black dance / Elizabeth A. Fenn -- Pioneers in Negro concert dance, 1931 to 1937 / Joe Nash -- The development of Black modern dance in America / William Moore -- The mission of Black modern dance / Richard A. Long -- Black dance and dancers and the white public : a prolegomenon to problems of definition / Brenda Dixon-Stowell -- What is Black dance? / Zita Allen -- Ethnic and modern dance / Gerald E. Myers -- Biographies -- American Dance Festival history.
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| Subjects | African American dance.
Dance -- United States.
Modern dance.
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| Other Authors | Myers, Gerald E. (Gerald Eugene), 1923-
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| Organizations | American Dance Festival.
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| Other Titles | American Dance Festival, the Black tradition in American modern dance
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: Pam. B1513
mq205661: Pamphlets, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 132840] |
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