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Dance we do : a poet explores Black dance

Title
  1. Dance we do : a poet explores Black dance / Ntozake Shange ; foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; afterword by Renée L. Charlow.
Published by
  1. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]
Author
  1. Shange, Ntozake

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Additional authors
  1. Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982-
  2. Charlow, Reneé L.
Description
  1. xvi, 135 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Summary
  1. "Shange crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings"--
Subject
  1. Shange, Ntozake
  2. African American dancers > Biography
  3. African American choreographers > Biography
  4. Dance companies > United States > History
  5. Dance and race > United States
  6. Dance > Social aspects > United States
  7. African American dancers
  8. Dance and race
  9. Dance companies
  10. Dance > Social aspects
  11. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. Sc D 22-55
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Shange, Ntozake, author.
Title
  1. Dance we do : a poet explores Black dance / Ntozake Shange ; foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; afterword by Renée L. Charlow.
Publisher
  1. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982- writer of foreword.
  2. Charlow, Reneé L., writer of afterword.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Shange, Ntozake. Dance we do. Boston : Beacon Press, 2020 9780807091883 (DLC) 2020011360
LCCN
  1. 2020011359
ISBN
  1. 9780807091876 (hardcover)
  2. 0807091871 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. Sc D 22-55
  2. *MGY 21-932
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