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This video presents excerpts from Death's Door - powerful dance and spoken words about dealing with death and loss by one of New York City's most eloquent African-American dancer/choreographers. Cynthia Olive was awarded a New York Dance and Performance Award, a "Bessie" for Death's Door. Recorded in 1995 at Performance Space 122 in New York City. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the artist.
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Part 2 of the two-part series on choreographer David Rousseve picks up where Part 1 left off - with an excerpt from his solo, The Ten Year Chat, which celebrates a decade of his work and fuses early, recent and new work to create a sublimely self-effacing performing terrain that explodes issues of race, gender and AIDS. This program also includes additional commentary by the artist on his creative process. Length: Recorded in 2001 at Performance Space...
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Choreographer David Rousséve has "a remarkable flair for fusing storytelling, characterization and a deftly explosive movement style into deeply affecting statements of personal and social conscience" - The Washington Post. This program features an excerpt from his solo, The Ten Year Chat, which celebrates a decade of his work and fuses early, recent and new work to create a sublimely self-effacing performing terrain that explodes issues of race,...
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German Lineage In Modern Dance: Solos by Wigman, Hoyer, Holm, Nikolais, Louis celebrates the legacy of modern dance that started in Germany before World War I and expanded into new dimensions in the United States in the late 20th century. The influence of German Expression Dance, or Ausdruckstanz, has spanned decades and spread to diverse areas globally. Works of each choreographer are highlighted through solos, narration and original photographs....