- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 5 min., 34 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Dancer, actress, and professor Glory Van Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 1, 1947. An artistic student at Dunbar High School, Van Scott graduated from Ethical Culture High School in New York City. Soon, Van Scott was modeling for the Wilhelmina Agency and was principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Agnes DeMille, and Talley Beatty companies. She appeared on Broadway in House of Flowers, Kwamina, The Great White Hope, Billy No-Name and Rhythms of the Saints. Van Scott played the "Rolls Royce Lady" in the 1974 film, The Wiz. Earning both her B.A. degree and her M.A. degree from Goddard College and a Ph.D. degree from Antioch Colleges' Union Graduate School, she taught Theatre at Bucknell University and Fordham University. The author of eight musicals, including Miss Truth, Van Scott served as coordinator for WNET's Dance in America - Katherine Dunham: Devine Drum Beats. Van Scott was awarded the first Katherine Dunham Legacy Award in 2002.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Glory Van Scott
- Glory Van Scott
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1003150272
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Glory Van Scott.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
030534
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2004 September 16.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Dancer Theater Professor Stage Actress.
- Added Author
Van Scott, Glory, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.