| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Dancing in the Light: Six Dance Compositions By African American Choreographers / Asadata Dafora, Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus, Talley Beatty, Donald McKayle, Bill T. Jones | | | | | | | Description: | | 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. The dances include: Ostrich (1932) by Asadata Dafora, Barrelhouse Blues (1943) by Katherine Dunham, Strange Fruit (1943) by Pearl Primus, Mourner's Bench (1947) by Talley Beatty, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1959) by Donald Mc Kayle, First Section of D-Man in the Waters (1989) by Bill T. Jones | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Taye Diggs | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Kultur Video | | Run Time:
| 57 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| June 26, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
metaphorApr 04, 2011
By nbrown
The video has great selections of dance from earlier and contempoarary modern dance. Great soundtrack. The choreographers tell the story of lynches, chain gangs, lonliness, and mourning. The dancers are amazing. I bought this product to use in my classroom. This video gives students an opportunity to see dance that they could not see live. This video clearly illustrates that dance can tell a story that resonates with issues people struggled with historically as well as present day issues such as AIDS. Many students think dance is abstract or about fantasy life with princes and princesses and dreams of nutcrackers coming to life. Now, they know better. There is a lot of material here to make connections to social studies, literature, writing, drama and music standards for enhancing lesson plans. Highly recommend!!!
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Good ChoreographersSep 05, 2008
By Patricia Mccarty
"Art book lover"
This is a good tape to study different styles of choregraphy. I am participating in a class on different types of dance and I will definitly use this tape.
9 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Excellent resource for Dance AppreciationOct 07, 2007
By Ajna Dancer
I use this in my college level intro to dance and the students seem very able to access the emotional power and artistic integrity of the dances included.
6 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Dancing in the light: Six Dances Compositions By African American ChoreographersJul 23, 2007
By Avid Reader
"Bern"
This is such ann awesome DVD. The dancers are just incredible. A must have DVD for anyone interested in dance.
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Birthday gift for my sisJun 21, 2008
By Diane Wilson
"Caribbean girl"
She said it was awesome !! Have not watched DVD yet as we lives 1000's of miles apart but will when I visit.
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