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Where We Danced, Where We Danced: The Story of American Social Dance
directed by Brian Lucky Skillen, fl. 2012, in Where We Danced (Arvada, CO: 1881 Productions, 2012), 57 mins
“Where We Danced” is the first in a three-part series that chronicles the evolution of American social dance. It tells the story of America’s dance through the lives of the dancers who shaped the art form as well as the places they danced.The story begins on the plantations where African and Western European...
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directed by Brian Lucky Skillen, fl. 2012, in Where We Danced (Arvada, CO: 1881 Productions, 2012), 57 mins
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“Where We Danced” is the first in a three-part series that chronicles the evolution of American social dance. It tells the story of America’s dance through the lives of the dancers who shaped the art form as well as the places they danced.The story begins on the plantations where African and Western European culture collided to create America’s first dance craze, the cakewalk. It continues through to 1930’s Harlem showing how dance has...
“Where We Danced” is the first in a three-part series that chronicles the evolution of American social dance. It tells the story of America’s dance through the lives of the dancers who shaped the art form as well as the places they danced.The story begins on the plantations where African and Western European culture collided to create America’s first dance craze, the cakewalk. It continues through to 1930’s Harlem showing how dance has helped to shape popular culture in America and around the world. Over the decades, dance has set trends in fashion and morality, giving the youth of the 20th century a voice to define itself from the rigidness of the Victorian era. It also gave African-Americans a means of expression when all others had been taken away.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lowell Deo, fl. 1998
Author / Creator
Brian Lucky Skillen, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
1881 Productions
Series
Where We Danced
Speaker / Narrator
Lowell Deo, fl. 1998
Person Discussed
Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Dawn Hampton, 1928-2016, Sonny Allen, fl. 1992, Richard Powers, fl. 1975, Damon Stone, fl. 1995, Heidi Fite, fl. 1995
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Copyright © 2012 by 1881 Productions
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