Research Catalog

Title

Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 6, April 22] [sound recording] / presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and State University of New York.

Publication

1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Clark, Vèvè A.
• Yarborough, Lavinia Williams.
• Vega, Marta Moreno.
• Dunham, Katherine.
• Beatty, Talley.
• Reynolds, Pearl.
• Romero, Carmencita, 1914- 2001.
• Moore, Charles, 1928-1986.
• Van Scott, Glory.
• Stovall, Jeanelle.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• State University of New York.
• Dance Black America (Festival)

Description

4 sound discs (ca. 162 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Symposium: Caribbean and Latin American Influences in American Dance: Marta Vega, and Lavinia Williams. 4/22/83. (Ca. 54 min. total: ca. 45 min. on disc no. 9 and ca. nine min. on disc no. 10). Introductory remarks (ca. 5 min.) of Donald O'Dowd, then Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York; introductory remarks of Vega, moderator; audio portion (ca. 4 min.) of film clip of African-influenced Cuban dance; Williams (ca. 16 min.) speaks about the history of Black dance in America and influences from Haiti and elsewhere in the Caribbean, frequently using physical demonstrations of movements and steps; question and answer session [ca. 9 min. of question and answer session continues on disc no. 10; questions inaudible].
• Filmed Interview with Katherine Dunham (filmed March 1983). Shown 4/22/83. [Ca. 23 min. total; begins on disc no. 10 following ca. 9 min. of continuation of question and answer session relating to Vega and Williams symposium.] Introductory remarks; screening of film of Dunham in Haiti speaking about Black dance; the film, which includes music and dancing accompanied by Dunham's commentary, was created by film makers Don Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus in March 1983 for the purpose of the Dance Black America Festival due to Dunham's inability to travel. [Ca. 5 min. gap between end of recording of Dunham film and beginning of recording of symposium on Dunham.]
• Symposium: The Contributions and Legacy of Katherine Dunham: Veve Clark, Charles Moore, Pearl Reynolds, Glory Van Scott, Jeanelle Stovall, and Lavinia Williams. 4/22/83. [Ca. 81 min. total: begins on disc no. 10 ca. 36 min. into the recording; continues on discs nos. 11 and 12.] Introductory remarks of moderator Clark and introduction of panelists, including Talley Beatty and Carmencita Romero (who are not named as panelists in the souvenir booklet) who speak in turn about Dunham and the Dunham technique and Dunham's dances mainly from a personal perspective; begins with Beatty. [Disc no. 10 ends abruptly in middle of Beatty's remarks, which continue on Disc no. 11.] The second part of Beatty's remarks is followed by those of the other speakers: Williams, Moore, Romero, Reynolds, Van Scott, and Stovall. [Disc no.11 ends abruptly in middle of Stovall's remarks, which continue on disc no. 12.] The second part of Stovall's remarks is followed by those of Veve Clark; question and answer session [questions inaudible].

Donor/Sponsor

• New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
• Gift of Patricia Kerr-Ross.
• Oral History Archive.

Subjects

• Dunham, Katherine
• Dance, Black > United States
• African American dance > Foreign influences > Latin America
• African American dance > Foreign influences > Africa
• African American dance > Foreign influences > Caribbean region

Note

• For the souvenir booklet produced in connection with the Dance Black America festival, see *MGS (U.S.) 84-4253. The booklet includes the festival program, articles by festival panelists, a bibliography, and a filmography. For a videorecording made of performances at the festival, see *MGZIA 4-280.
• Rene Lopez,listed as a speaker in the souvenir booklet program, was not introduced or identified as a speaker on the sound recording.
• A recording of additional segments of the filmed Katherine Dunham interview can be found on *MGZTL 4-1195, nos. 22, 23, and 24.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1195

OCLC

NYPY02-R13

Title

Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 6, April 22] [sound recording] / presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and State University of New York.

Imprint

1983.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Former archival originals: *MGZTCO 3-1195 nos. 8, side B, no. 9, side A, no 9, side B, and no. 10.

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1195 nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1195 nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Sound quality: Sound quality is poor at times. Content in part is difficult to understand due to use of physical demonstrations by the speaker Lavinia Williams to illustrate her lecture. The questions in the question and answer session are inaudible. The cassettes from which the Dance Black America festival were preserved contain gaps, abrupt starts and stops, unrelated material, and material that is out of sequence.

Added Author

Clark, Vèvè A.

Yarborough, Lavinia Williams.

Vega, Marta Moreno.

Dunham, Katherine.

Beatty, Talley.

Reynolds, Pearl.

Romero, Carmencita, 1914- 2001.

Moore, Charles, 1928-1986.

Van Scott, Glory.

Stovall, Jeanelle.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

State University of New York.

Dance Black America (Festival)

Continues

This original was found after the recording was preserved using *MGZTCO 3-1195 no. 8, side 2.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1195