Dancing In The Light

The American Dance Festival presents Dancing in the Light, a one-hour modern dance television program showcasing 6 historic dance compositions by African American choreographers. All of the dances were originally recorded for the Emmy Award-winning series Free to Dance, a three-hour documentary that aired on PBS in 2001 as part of the Great Performances: Dance in America series.

While Free to Dance uses select excerpts from the dances to inform its narrative within a historical context, Dancing in the Light features six dances in their entirety or in the case of one work, a complete section.

DANCES INCLUDE
Ostrich (1932) by Asadata Dafora
Barrelhouse Blues (1943) by Katherine Dunham
Strange Fruit (1943) by Pearl Primus
Mourner's Bench (1947) by Talley Beatty
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1959) by Donald Mc Kayle
First Section of D-Man in the Waters (1989) by Bill T. Jones.

this powerful sextet is equally important both as artistic performances and as dance history. Recommended. - Video Librarian

Please Visit
http://www.kultur.com/Dancing-In-The-Light-p/d4251.htm
for more information on this program

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Entertainment

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• Dancing in the Light
• Emmy Award
• PBS
• Great Performances
• Dance in America
• Ostrich (1932)
• Barrelhouse Blues (1943)
• Strange Fruit (1943)
• Mourner's Bench (1947)
• Asadata Dafora
• Katherine Dunham
• Pearl Primus
• Talley Beatty
• Donald Mc Kayle
• Bill T. Jones
• dances
• six dances
• 2001
• historic

[satisfymasoul]

could someone tell me the name of the songs danced ?

thank you