[PDF] A Colored Peoples Dance eBook

Author : Ntozake Shange
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 080709188X

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In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings. Many learned of Ntozake Shange’s ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf made its way to Broadway in 1976, eventually winning an Obie Award the following year. But before she found fame as a writer, poet, performer, dancer, and storyteller, she was an untrained student who found her footing in others’ classrooms. Dance We Do is a tribute to those who taught her and her passion for rhythm, movement, and dance. After 20 years of research, writing, and devotion, Ntozake Shange tells her history of Black dance through a series of portraits of the dancers who trained her, moved with her, and inspired her to share the power of the Black body with her audience. Shange celebrates and honors the contributions of the often unrecognized pioneers who continued the path Katherine Dunham paved through the twentieth century. Dance We Do features a stunning photo insert along with personal interviews with Mickey Davidson, Halifu Osumare, Camille Brown, and Dianne McIntyre. In what is now one of her final works, Ntozake Shange welcomes the reader into the world she loved best.

Author : Thomas DeFrantz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195301717

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He also addresses concerns about how dance performance is documented, including issues around spectatorship and the display of sexuality, the relationship of Ailey's dances to civil rights activism, and the establishment and maintenance of a successful, large-scale Black Arts institution."--Jacket.

Author : Phil Chan
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781734732481

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Who would have guessed that one short conversation with New York City Ballet Artistic Director Peter Martins would change the course of how we approach America's favorite holiday ballet, and serve as a catalyst for changing how we talk about race in America? Phil Chan, arts advocate and co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface, chronicles his journey navigating conversations around race, representation, and inclusion arising from issues in presenting one short dance-the Chinese variation from The Nutcracker. Armed with new vocabulary, he recounts his process and pitfalls in advising Salt Lake City's Ballet West on the presentation of a lost Balanchine work from 1925, Le Chant du Rossignol.Chan encounters orientalism, cultural appropriation, and yellowface, and witnesses firsthand the continuing evolution of an Old World aristocratic dance form in a New World democratic environment. As a storyteller, Chan presents a mix of dance and Chinese American history, personal anecdotes, and best practices for any professional arts organization to use for navigating issues around race, while outlining an essential path American ballet must take in order for our beloved art form to stay alive for a growingly diverse 21st century audience.

Author : Ann Jonas
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 1989-10-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0688059902

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The girl in red, the girl in yellow, the girl in blue, and the boy in black and white are all set to stir up the rainbow. Watch them create a living kaleidoscope, step by step by step.

Author : Donna Walker-Kuhne
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 2005-09-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1559366362

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The handbook to attract and involve audiences of color for arts and cultural institutions.

Author : James Haskins
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 1990
Category : African American dance
ISBN : 9780780709812

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Surveys the history of black dance in America, from its beginnings with the ritual dances of African slaves, through tap and modern dance to break dancing. Includes brief biographies of influential dancers and companies.

Author : Barbara S. Glass
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :

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This pictorial history of African-American dance traces its roots back to a time of slavery and lists its characteristics, which now dominate American dance. The photographs offer compelling glimpses into the world of slavery, the minstrel show, the honky-tonk and jook, and much more.

Author : Clyde Ellis
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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This volume is a comprehensive history of of Southern Plains powwow culture - an interdisciplinary, highly collaborative ethnography based on more than two decades of participiation in powwows - addressing how the powwow has changed over time.

Author : Bárbara Cruz
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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Dance should be "art and entertainment," said Alvin Ailey, creative genius behind the world-famous Alvin Ailey Dance Theater company. Colorful, energetic, and theatrical, Ailey's work appeals to people from all walks of life -- and his dances celebrate the richness of African-American history and culture. The stars did not always shine on Ailey, who was born into a world of poverty and racism. Despite the twists and turns of his life, Ailey never lost sight of his dream. In the years since Ailey's death, his dance company has continued to showcase his unique vision. For this real-life success story, author Barbara C. Cruz paints an animated, candid portrait of one of the most popular and acclaimed dancers and choreographers in the world. Book jacket.