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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144660175

New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6828530

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Baker-Scott, Shawneequa

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Parks, John.

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Torres, Andy, 1945-

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A salute to the black classics of dance (Concert series)

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Negro Ensemble Company

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The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) was a black repertory company that presented works on social themes that were germane to black life and expanded opportunities for experienced black theatre artists. NEC was founded in 1967 by actor/playwright Douglas Turner Ward, actor Robert Hooks and theatre administrator Gerald Krone, with a $434,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. The company offered professional training to potential new talent and for a brief time had a training company for bo...

Beatty, Talley, 1918-1995

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Talley Beatty (22 December 1918 – 29 April 1995) was born in Cedar Grove, Louisiana, a section of Shreveport, but moved with his family as a child to Chicago, Illinois. He is considered one of the greatest African American choreographers. After studying with Katherine Dunham and being associated with her company for several years, Beatty went on do solo work and choreograph his own pieces, which center on the social issues, experiences, and everyday life of African Americans. Beatty began stu...

Johnson, Louise, 1964-

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Pomare, Eleo

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Choreographer and dancer Eleo Pomare was born on October 20 1937 in Santa Marta, Colombia. His father, Tawny Forbes, was the captain of a civilian freighter that was torpedoed near Colón, Panama during World War II. Pomare, at age six, who was with his father during the attack, survived and moved to live with his mother, Mildred Pomare Lee, in Panama. In 1947 Pomare was sent, alone, to New York City to live with an aunt and uncle who cared for him until some years later when his mother also move...