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Additional authors

1. DeFrantz, Thomas
2. Stuckey, Sterling
3. George-Graves, Nadine
4. McQuirter, Marya
5. Green, Richard C., 1967-
6. Heard, Marcia E
7. Mussa, Mansa K
8. Banes, Sally
9. Szwed, John F., 1936-
10. Goler, Veta
11. Needham, Maureen
12. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon
13. Hill, Constance Valis
14. Horwitz, Dawn Lille

Description

1. xiii, 366 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Studies in dance history ; New series, no. 19

Uniform title

1. Studies in dance history (Unnumbered)

Subject

1. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005
2. Primus, Pearl
3. McIntyre, Dianne
4. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965
5. Dunham, Katherine
6. Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo
7. Whitman Sisters (Dance group)
8. Norton and Margot (Dance team)
9. New York Negro Ballet Company
10. Kykunkor (Choreographic work : Dafora)
11. Southland (Choreographic work : Dunham)
12. African American dance -- History
13. African Americans -- Social life and customs
14. African American dancers
15. Jazz dance
16. Vaudeville -- United States
17. Dance -- Instruction and study
18. Dance -- Social aspects
19. Racism and the arts
20. Dance -- New York (State) -- New York
21. African Americans -- Music
22. Blues
23. Dance, Black

Contents

1. African American dance: a complex history / Thomas F. DeFrantz -- Booty control / Thomas F. DeFrantz -- Christian conversion and the challenge of dance / P. Sterling Stuckey -- Dance and identity politics in American Negro vaudeville: the Whitman Sisters, 1900-1935 / Nadine A. George -- Awkward moves: dance lessons from the 1940s / Marya Annette McQuirter -- (Up)Staging the primitive: Pearl Primus and "the Negro Problem" in American dance / Richard C. Green -- African dance in New York City / Marcia E. Heard and Mansa K. Mussa -- From "Messin' around" to "Funky Western civilization": the rise and fall of dance instruction songs / Sally Banes and John F. Szwed -- "Moves on top of blues": Dianne McIntyre's blues aesthetic / Veta Goler -- Kykunkor, or the witch woman: an African opera in America, 1934 / Maureen Needham -- Between two eras: "Norton and Margot" in the Afro-American entertainment world / Brenda Dixon Gottschild -- Katherine Dunham's Southland: protest in the face of repression / Constance Valis Hill -- The New York Negro Ballet in Great Britain / Dawn Lille Horwitz.

Call number

1. *MGS (U.S.) 02-897

Note

1. Part 1: theory. Part 2: practice. Part 3: history.
2. "This volume is a tribute to African American dance archivist Joe Nash"--p. vii.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Dancing many drums : excavations in African American dance / edited by Thomas F. DeFrantz.

Imprint

1. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002.

Series

1. Studies in dance history ; New series, no. 19
2. Studies in dance history (Unnumbered)

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local note

1. Includes brief biographies of contributors (p. 343-346) and Joe Nash (p. vii-ix).

Local subject

1. Television. On being black.
2. Ring-shout.
3. Dance company tours.

Added author

1. DeFrantz, Thomas.
2. Stuckey, Sterling.
3. George-Graves, Nadine.
4. McQuirter, Marya.
5. Green, Richard C., 1967-
6. Heard, Marcia E.
7. Mussa, Mansa K.
8. Banes, Sally.
9. Szwed, John F., 1936-
10. Goler, Veta.
11. Needham, Maureen.
12. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon.
13. Hill, Constance Valis.
14. Horwitz, Dawn Lille.

LCCN

1. 2001001943

ISBN

1. 0299173100 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0299173143 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. *MGS (U.S.) 02-897
2. Sc D 04-1213