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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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Southern dance traditions

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Title
Southern dance traditions
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Fine, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Calvert) (Interviewer)
East Tennessee State University. Center for Appalachian Studies and Services (Sponsor)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990-03-03
Table of Contents
CONTENTS. - African-American fraternity step shows. Facilitator: Dr. Elizabeth Fine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. A brief interview with David Earl Harvin (?), president of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at East Tennessee State University, is followed by a demonstration by the fraternity, the only group in the nation to use canes in their step shows. After a question-and-answer period, audience members participate in a lesson in stepping, which is also called blocking. The session closes with another demonstration by the fraternity.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2225 Reel 3
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2287 cassette 3 (former)
Topics
Dance, Black -- United States
Southern Dance Traditions -- Communities in Motion (1990 : East Tennessee State University)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Interviews
Notes
Venue: Dance sessions from a one-day conference subtitled Communities in motion, sponsored by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS) of East Tennessee State University. Videotaped for the Dance Collection by the CASS in the ballroom of the D. P. Culp University Center, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, on March 3, 1990, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Content: For audio tape recording of conference see entry under Audio materials: *MGZTC 3-1133. For printed program guide see *MGZR Southern dance traditions. [Clippings]
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic SP) (40 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916020578-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12169981
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 20f3bb00-4b52-0133-ecef-60f81dd2b63c
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Southern dance traditions" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22fb0050-4b52-0133-2665-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Southern dance traditions" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22fb0050-4b52-0133-2665-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). Southern dance traditions Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22fb0050-4b52-0133-2665-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Southern dance traditions