Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance
Subtitle: Dance and Other Contexts
Publisher: Praeger Paperback
Published: June 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780275963736
Subjects: Black studies; Dance; Performing Arts; USA; Dance - Ethnic; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Performing Arts / Dance / General; Dance - General
First sentence: In a modern dance film, "Dance: Four Pioneers," which is screened in college dance department classrooms across the nation, the narrator states that the contributions of Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya HoIm, and Martha Graham are felt in American dance from Broadway to the concert stage.