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Dance we do : a poet explores Black dance / Ntozake Shange ; foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; afterword by Renée L. Charlow.
Van Pelt Library GV1785.A1 S5255 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shange, Ntozake, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shange, Ntozake.
- African American dancers--Biography.
- African American dancers.
- Dance companies--United States--History.
- Dance companies.
- Dance and race--United States.
- Dance and race.
- Dance--Social aspects--United States.
- Dance.
- Dance--Social aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 135 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Shange crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Dance in my life
- Fred Benjamin
- Raymond Sawyer
- Dianne McIntyre
- Mickey Davidson
- Halifu Osumare
- Ed Mock
- An interview with Dyane Harvey
- Eleo Pomare
- Otis Sallid
- An interview with Camille A. Brown
- An interview with Davalois Fearon
- Afterword by Reneé L. Charlow
- Biographies of dancers and choreographers
- Glossary / by Mickey Davidson, Dianne McIntyre, and Halifu Osumar.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Shange, Ntozake. Dance we do.
- ISBN:
- 9780807091876
- 0807091871
- OCLC:
- 1137742247
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