Classic Black

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Classic Black

1996

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84095964

Symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition Classic Black, presented in the Dance Collection reading room from February 9 to April 27, 1996.

4 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (219 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence ; 3/4 in.

eng, Latn

New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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Pilcher, Evelyn, 1922-2013

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Evelyn Pilcher (1922-2013) was an African American dancer who was involved with two pioneering 20th century Black ballet troupes and later was briefly a member of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. She was born in New York City on March 21, 1922. By the mid-1930s, Pilcher already had established herself as a dancer, performing as part of a juvenile dance specialty act with partner(s) Alvin Padgett and/or Pearl Harrison at nightclubs, charity benefits, and other social events in Harlem. She ...