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Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 8, April 23]
- Title
- Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 8, April 23] [sound recording] / presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and State University of New York.
- Publication
- 1983.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 17 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1195 17 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 16 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1195 16 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 15 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-1195 15 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 3 sound discs (ca. 105 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Symposium: The Black Experience in Concert Dance. Zita Allen, Carmen De Lavallade, George Faison, Bill T. Jones, Donald McKayle, Eleo Pomare, and Talley Beatty. 4/23/83.
- Disc no. 15 (ca. 46 min.). [The first ca. 8 min. of disc no. 15 continues the question and answer session of Symposium: Tap, Jazz, Social, and Street Dancing (*MGZTL 4-1195 nos. 18 and 19); questions are mainly inaudible.] Introduction of panelists: McKayle, Faison, Pomare, Beatty, De Lavallade, and Jones; each speaks in turn about his or her professional development and personal experiences as a dancer and artist. [Disc no. 15 ends abruptly with Jones.]
- Disc no. 16 (ca. 47 min.). Continues with Jones; brief remarks by Allen to conclude panel discussion; question and answer session including frank discussion of issues such as funding and opportunities for African American dance, political aspects of dance, and the term "black dance". [Disc no. 16 ends abruptly and continues on disc no. 17 (ca. 13 min.). Audibility of questions varies.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Gift of Patricia Kerr-Ross.
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Talley Beatty was not listed as a panelist in the souvenir booklet.
- 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-R15
- Title
- Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 8, April 23] [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 original: *MGZTCO 3-1195 no. 12, sides A and B, and no. 14.Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1195 nos. 15, 16, and 17.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1195 nos. 15, 16, and 17.Sound quality: 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. In addition, the audibility, especially of questions taken from the audience, is often poor.
- Added Author
- Allen, Zita D.Faison, George, 1945-McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018.Jones, Bill T.Pomare, Eleo.De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-Beatty, Talley.Brooklyn Academy of Music.State University of New York.Dance Black America (Festival)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1195