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Title
Dancing. New worlds, new forms [videorecording]
Publication
c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Richardson, Miranda.
  • Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
  • Walker, Sheila S.
  • Rodrigues, João Jorge Santos.
  • Miller, Norma, 1919-2019.
  • Manning, Frankie.
  • Smith, Ernie, 1924-2004.
  • Deane, Buddy.
  • Lima de Oliveira, Isaura Maria.
  • Venza, Jac.
  • Grauer, Rhoda.
  • Bagwell, Orlando.
  • Bellows, Susan.
  • Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)
  • Olodum (Musical group)
  • New York Swing Dance Society.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Program 6 of an eight-part documentary series exploring the ramifications of dance around the world. This program focuses on the transplantation of black dance traditions from Africa to the western hemisphere, especially Brazil and the United States, and the ways in which black dance both preserved ethnic identity and encouraged cultural fusion with other groups, leading to the invention of new forms such as African-American fraternity step dancing and the Brazilian samba. Commentators include Bernice Johnson Reagon, Sheila Walker, and Joao Jorge Santos Rodrigues. The dances associated with candomblé, a Brazilian religious cult deriving from the Yoruba of West Africa, are discussed by two practitioners. Dancers Norma Miller, Frank Manning, and Ernie Smith trace the development of the lindy hop (later renamed the jitterbug), and the interaction (or lack thereof) between blacks and whites at venues such as the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Buddy Deane and dancers who appeared on his television show discuss rock 'n' roll dancing and its relation to the growing civil rights movement of the time. The increasing black influence on Brazil's Carnival is discussed by Rodrigues, Walker, and Isaura Maria Lima de Oliveira.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Bob Lockyer, BBC.
Series Statement
Dancing [British edition] ; 6
Uniform Title
Dancing (Television series)
Alternative Title
New worlds, new forms.
Subjects
Note
  • Produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with RM Arts and BBC-TV. Series devised by Rhoda Grauer, executive producer. Producer/director: Orlando Bagwell, Roja Productions. Co-producer: Susan Bellows. Director, performance programs: Jac Venza. Telescript: Orlando Bagwell and Susan Bellows. Narrator: Miranda Richardson.
  • British edition, with slight differences in content and editing from the American edition, which appears on *MGZIC 9-4112. This program is episode 5 in the American series.
Contents
DANCE CONTENTS: Step dancing, perf. by members of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Gamma chapter. -- Brazilian samba, perf. by women. -- Candomblé processions and dances, including a possession dance. -- A ring-shout and other black dances accompanied by clapping and chanting, filmed in the U.S. (color and b&w). -- Various ballroom dances (b&w), including the Charleston. -- The lindy hop, as danced in the film After seben (b&w). -- Various shots of the lindy hop and the jitterbug (b&w). -- Nightclub shows at the Cotton Club (b&w). -- The shag and the lindy hop in film clips, including Jammin' the blues and Hellzapoppin' (b&w). -- The lindy hop, perf. by Miller, Manning, Smith, and members of the New York Swing Dance Society. -- Various shots of rock 'n' roll dancing, including the madison, as seen in clips from the Buddy Deane show (b&w and color). -- Dances of the 1960s, performed by hippies and in discothèques. -- African dance (b&w), perf. by four women. -- Various shots of Carnival in Brazil (b&w and color), including both archival and present-day footage. The group Olodum is seen rehearsing and performing a work about Hemanja, orisha of the water.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1853
OCLC
NYPY946074022-F
Title
Dancing. New worlds, new forms [videorecording]
Imprint
c1993.
Series
Dancing [British edition] ; 6
Local Subject
Television. Dancing.
Local Subject
Race and dance.
Social dancing -- 20th century.
African-American fraternity step dancing.
Spirit possession.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Brazil.
Motion pictures. Hellzapoppin'.
Added Author
Richardson, Miranda. Host
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- Commentator
Walker, Sheila S. Commentator
Rodrigues, João Jorge Santos. Commentator
Miller, Norma, 1919-2019. Commentator
Manning, Frankie. Commentator
Smith, Ernie, 1924-2004. Commentator
Deane, Buddy. Commentator
Lima de Oliveira, Isaura Maria. Commentator
Venza, Jac. Director
Grauer, Rhoda. Producer
Bagwell, Orlando. Producer. Director. Screenwriter
Bellows, Susan. Producer. Screenwriter
Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)
Olodum (Musical group)
New York Swing Dance Society.
Added Title
Dancing (Television series)
New worlds, new forms.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1853
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