Performing Arts

Dance Theaters

Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade in 1954.
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– – – Books – – –

DeFrantz, Thomas. 2004. Dancing Revelations Alvin Ailey’s Embodiment Of African American Culture. New York: Oxford University Press.

Boyce Davies, Carole. 2008. Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, And Culture Volume 1. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.

Garafola, Lynn. 2005. Legacies Of Twentieth-Century Dance. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press.

Sörgel, Sabine. 2007. Dancing Postcolonialism the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica. Bielefeld: Transcript.

Smith, Jessie Carney. 2011. Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture. Santa Barbara, Calif: Greenwood.

 

– – – Websites – – –

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 

Dance Theatre of Harlem 

Katherine Dunham Center for Arts and Humanities

The African American Dance Ensemble

Rennie Harris Puremovement

The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

 

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