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The American Dance Festival presents Dancing in the Light, a one-hour modern dance television program showcasing 6 historic dance compositions by African American choreographers. All of the dances were originally recorded for the Emmy Award-winning series Free to Dance, a three-hour documentary that aired on PBS in 2001 as part of the Great Performances: Dance in America series.
While Free to Dance uses select excerpts from the dances to inform its narrative within a historical context, Dancing in the Light features six dances in their entirety or in the case of one work, a complete section.
AWASSA ASTRIGE / OSTRICH (1932) Choreography: by: Asadata Dafora Performed by: G. D. Harris, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
BARRELHOUSE BLUES - excerpt (1938) Choreography by: Katherine Dunham Performed by: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
STRANGE FRUIT (1943) Choreography by: Pearl Primus Performed by: Dawn Marie Watson, Philadanco
MOURNER'S BENCH (1947) Choreography by: Talley Beatty Performed by: Jerome Stigler, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
RAINBOW 'ROUND MY SHOULDER (1959) Choreography by: Donald McKayle Performed by: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
D-MAN IN THE WATERS - Section 1 (1989) Choreography by: Bill T. Jones Performed by: Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company
"...this powerful sextet is equally important both as artistic performances and as dance history. Recommended." - Video Librarian
DANCERS: G. D. Harris Bill T. Jones Jerome Stigler Dawn Marie Watson Philadanco Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Bill T. Jones Donald McKayle Talley Beatty Pearl Primus Katherine Dunham Asadata Dafora
HOST Taye Diggs
Producer: Jodee Nimerichter Director and Writer: Madison Davis Lacy Editor: Girish Bhargava Consultants: Matthew Diamond, Gary Halvorson Camera: Ed Fussell, Ronnie Smith, Tom Hurwitz Sound Recordists: Peter Miller, John Zecca Lighting Designer: Alan Adelman Executive Producer: Charles L. Reinhart
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