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DVD 57 minutes
The American Dance Festival presents Dancing in the Light, a one-hour modern dance television program showcasing 6 historic dance compositions by African American choreographers. All of the dances were originally recorded for the Emmy Award-winning series Free to Dance, a three-hour documentary that aired on PBS in 2001 as part of the Great Performances: Dance in America series.
While Free to Dance uses select excerpts from the dances to inform its narrative within a historical context, Dancing in the Light features six dances in their entirety or in the case of one work, a complete section.
Featuring G. D. Harris, Bill T. Jones, Jerome Stigler, Dawn Marie Watson, Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
