Books written by Brenda Dixon Gottschild
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Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American ...
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Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance
... will be treated to the biggest event of the season when Mrs. Essie Marie Potts presents her students in a dance recital at Ford's Theatre on Saturday evening, May 28th, 1932, at 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Potts is known throughout Philadelphia, ...
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Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance
Betty Nichols Billy Wilson Arthur Hall Lola Falana Carol Butcher Ama & Payin Schley Louise Jackson Essie Marie Dorsey Harris teaches for King Gaymon teaches for Sydney King King Jerome Gaymon JMB performs & teaches for Cuyjet Gaymon ...
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Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
... 46–50 See also Harlem; Manhattan The New York Age, 39, 76 New York Daily News, 61 New York Times, 61, 62 New York World Telegram, 70 Nicholas, Harold, 84 Nicholas Brothers, 23, 61, 84, 94,154 Nichols, Red, 229 Nietzsche, Friedrich, ...
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Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance
11, n.a. Betty Nichols was one of the early black ballerinas who danced with white American ensembles without passing. See appendix 4. Joan Myers Brown, “EssieMarie Dorsey Was Pioneer Ballet Teacher for Blacks,” Philadelphia Tribune, ...
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Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts
This work examines the African presence in various types of American dance forms. It argues that the Africanist aesthetic has been 'invisibilised' by racism, and investigates its presence as a major factor in shaping American performance.
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Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American ...