Interview with Evelyn Pilcher

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Interview with Evelyn Pilcher

2000

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755633545

Interview with Evelyn Pilcher conducted by Constance Valis Hill on March 11, 2000 in New York City. The interview was conducted as part of Hill's researching of the musical comedy Cabin in the sky in connection with the Popular Balanchine project. Evelyn Pilcher identifies herself as "Evelyn Pilcher Creedon" but it was not possible to confirm the spelling of "Creedon."

2 sound discs (ca. 96 min.) : digital ; 4 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 ...