Research Catalog

Title

Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 10, April 24] [sound recording] / presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the State University of New York.

Publication

1983.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Kriegsman, Sali Ann.
• Allen, Zita.
• Lewis, Julinda.
• Rodgers, Rod A.
• Phillips, Larry, 1937-1987.
• Wali, Obara.
• Moore, Wiliam.
• Sommer, Sally R.
• Early, James Counts.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• State University of New York.
• National Endowment for the Humanities.
• Dance Black America (Festival)

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 77 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Black Dance criticism and programming. William Moore, Zita Allen, Sali Ann Kriegsman, Julinda Lewis, Larry Phillips, Rod Rodgers, Obara Wali Rahman. 4/24/83.
• Disc no. 20 (ca. 47 min.). Moore, moderator, introduces Kriegsman, Lewis, Allen, Phillips, Obara Wali Rahman, and Rodgers and the symposium topic: the different angles and aspects of dance criticism and programming. Kriegsman speaks briefly (ca. 3 min.) about presenting jazz tap dancing in the United States and maintaining its continuity as a living art; Lewis speaks briefly (ca. 4 min.) about the role she hopes her dance criticism plays in informing the general public about current work of Black dancers and choreographers and in documenting their work for posterity; Allen (ca. 4 min.) speaks briefly about her approach to dance criticism, including her goal of reaching all audiences, from the general public to the dancers themselves; Phillips (ca. 2 min.) speaks very briefly about difficulties in presenting Black dance programs; Obara Wali Rahman speaks briefly (ca. 4 min.) about presenting African dance in America and the importance of the African heritage.
• (Disc no. 20 cont.) Rodgers speaks briefly (ca. 7 min.) in general terms about prejudice, racism, and various cultural and critical outlooks; in opening the floor to questions, Moore speaks briefly (3 min.) about his concern with educating the public about Afro-American dance; question and answer session, including discussion of the economics of dance criticism and presenting of dance programs, a statement from audience member, Sally Sommer, on dance criticism; dissemination of information about the Dance Black America festival; Rodgers' statement regarding his dissatisfaction with the description of his work in the souvenir booklet (ca. 23 min. total; audibility of questions often poor). [Disc no. 20 ends abruptly.]
• Disc no. 21 (ca. 30 min.). Remarks by James Early (ca. 10 min.) of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a major source of funds for the festival, regarding the general goals and specific programs of the NEH; additional questions and answers with the panelists (audibility of questions often poor). [Final six minutes consists of audience in departure.]

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Dance presenters
• Dance, Black
• Dance > Production and direction
• Dance criticism
• Dance > Economic aspects
• Dance critics

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.

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-R17

Title

Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 10, April 24] [sound recording] / presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the 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. 15, sides A and B.

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1195 nos. 20 and 21.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1195 nos. 20 and 21.

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.

Local Subject

Dance presenters.

Added Author

Kriegsman, Sali Ann.

Allen, Zita.

Lewis, Julinda.

Rodgers, Rod A.

Phillips, Larry, 1937-1987.

Wali, Obara.

Moore, Wiliam.

Sommer, Sally R.

Early, James Counts.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

State University of New York.

National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dance Black America (Festival)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1195