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Waltzing in the dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics

Title
  1. Waltzing in the dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; a lecture by Brenda Dixon Gottschild ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
Published by
  1. New York, 2006.

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Additional authors
  1. Pally, Alan J
  2. Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi
  3. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon
  4. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (76 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Author, professor, and dance critic Brenda Dixon Gottschild lectures on African American dance during the Swing Era, specifically in vaudeville during the early to mid-20th century. She discusses the conditions black performers faced, race relations during the period, etc.
Subject
  1. African American dance
  2. Norton and Margot (Dance team)
  3. Vaudeville > Social aspects
  4. Lectures
  5. Dance > Social aspects > United States
  6. Race relations > United States
  7. Vaudeville > United States
  8. Dance > 20th century
  9. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
  10. Dance > 19th century
Genre/Form
  1. Lectures.
Call number
  1. NCOW 366
Note
  1. Video and audio glitches between 33:49 and 35:47, and again for about 45 seconds at 70:00.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  1. Introductory remarks: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2006.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Title
  1. Waltzing in the dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; a lecture by Brenda Dixon Gottschild ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
Imprint
  1. New York, 2006.
Access
  1. Restricted to qualified researchers.
Cast
  1. Introductory remarks: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner.
Event
  1. Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2006.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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Added author
  1. Pally, Alan J, producer.
  2. Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi, speaker.
  3. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon.
  4. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon, speaker.
Research call number
  1. NCOW 366
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