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Waltzing in the dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics

Title
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.
Publication
New York, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Pally, Alan J
  • Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi
  • Gottschild, Brenda Dixon.
  • Gottschild, Brenda Dixon
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (76 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Lectures.
Note
  • Video and audio glitches between 33:49 and 35:47, and again for about 45 seconds at 70:00.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  • Introductory remarks: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2006.
Call Number
NCOW 366
OCLC
793819009
Title
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
New York, 2006.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Cast
Introductory remarks: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner.
Event
Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2006.
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Added Author
Pally, Alan J, producer.
Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi, speaker.
Gottschild, Brenda Dixon.
Gottschild, Brenda Dixon, speaker.
Research Call Number
NCOW 366
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