Black History - Dance

DateNovember 21 1990

Can DescriptionsBlack History X5664 Dance Rec. 1/21/91

AbstractTitle: “African Dance in America”. Ben Vereen hosts an episode about African dance. Includes clips of interviews with Dance Historian Joe Nash; Choreographer, teacher and performer Julio Leitao Wakabuwaya; Elma Lewis, Artistic Director for the National Center for Afro-American Artists; De Ama Battle, Artistic Director for Art of Black Dance and Music; Master Tap Dancer Norman Wallace. Includes discussion of artists William Henry Lane, Bert Williams, George Walker, Aida Overton Walker, Alice Whitman, Vernon and Irene Castle, Jim Europe, Earl Tucker, and Ernest Evans. Also includes discussion of the evolution of various dance and music styles, including tap, foxtrot, the Charleston, Lindy Hop, the twist, break dancing and hip hop. [Brief rewind at 00:27:00]

OtherCredits: Produced by Karl Nurse; Hosted by Ben Vereen; Written by Steve Hemingway; Script Editors: Cliff Garboden, Karl Nurse; Talen Coordinator: Sheila Frazier; Videography by Bob Oliver; Sound Recordist: Doug Dike; Videotape Editors: Reg Power, Dave Teixeira, Glenn Fletcher; Post Production: George Ellard, Doug DeVitt, David Teixeira; Graphics: Amanda Havey; Titles: Frank Firnschild; Photography/Film Collection: Schomberg Center For Research in Black Culture, Library of Congress, King Features, ABC-TV, Joe Nash Collection, Archive Films; Music: U Can’t Touch This, Twist and Shout, King Features Music, Twist, Putting on the Ritz; V.P. of Community Programming: Donna Latson-Gittens; V.P. of Programming: Paul LaCamera