- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 50 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Artistic director and dancer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar was born on December 21, 1950 and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Her first dance teacher was Joseph Stevenson, a student of American dance pioneer Katherine Dunham. Having earned her B.A. degree in dance from the University of Missouri in Kansas City and her M.F.A. degree from Florida State University, Zollar moved to New York City in 1980 to study dance with Dianne McIntyre at Sounds in Motion. In 1984, she left McIntyre's studio to establish the internationally acclaimed dance company, Urban Bush Women in 1984. Urban Bush Women earned several awards including a 1992 BESSIE Award. She created works for Alvin Ailey, the American Dance Theater and many others. She became Artist in Residence at Florida State University. Zollar was prominently featured in the PBS documentary, Free to Dance. In 1999, she received the Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
- Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- OCLC
- 1003150428
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
015016
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2006 August 2.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Artistic Director Dancer.
- Added Author
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.