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Oral history interview with April Berry
- Title
- Oral history interview with April Berry / interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Author
- Berry, April, 1956-
- Publication
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- April Berry describes her training and career in dance and the contributions Katherine Dunham made to the world of dance. Family history and childhood; beginning of dance education; primary and secondary education; first auditions and performances; study with the Dance Theatre of Harlem; studying and auditioning with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; working with Ailey and company; experience working with Katherine Dunham during Ailey company's performance of the Magic of Katherine Dunham in 1978; importance of learning the Dunham Technique; experience working with former Dunham dancers; some advice to young people interested in dance.
- Subjects
- Nonfiction films
- Interviews
- Modern dance > United States
- Dance > United States
- Dance companies > United States
- Ailey, Alvin
- Choreographers > United States
- Choreography > United States
- Dancers > United States > Biography
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Berry, April, 1956- > Interviews
- Dunham, Katherine
- Oral histories
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biography (note)
- April Berry is a dancer, and at the time of this interview, she was principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1260
- OCLC
- 24086644
- Author
- Berry, April, 1956- interviewee.
- Title
- Oral history interview with April Berry / interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Publisher
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD
- Event
- Recorded December 29,1987. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
- Biography
- April Berry is a dancer, and at the time of this interview, she was principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1260