The dance claimed me a biography of Pearl Primus
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New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011.
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324 pages, [16] pages of plates.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Pearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In The Dance Claimed Me, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an intimate perspective on her life and explore her influences on American culture, dance, and education. They trace Primus's path from her childhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad, through her rise as an influential international dancer, an early member of the New Dance Group (whose motto was "Dance is a weapon"), and a pioneer in dance anthropology. Primus traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, and Africa, and she played an important role in presenting authentic African dance to American audiences. She engendered controversy in both her private and professional lives, marrying a white Jewish man during a time of segregation and challenging black intellectuals who opposed the "primitive" in her choreography. Her political protests and mixed-race tours in the South triggered an FBI investigation, even as she was celebrated by dance critics and by contemporaries like Langston Hughes. For The Dance Claimed Me, the Schwartzes interviewed more than a hundred of Primus's family members, friends, and_fellow artists,_as well as_other individuals to create a vivid portrayal of a life filled with passion, drama, determination, fearlessness, and brilliance"--,Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schwartz, P., & Schwartz, M. (2011). The dance claimed me: a biography of Pearl Primus . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schwartz, Peggy and Murray. Schwartz. 2011. The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schwartz, Peggy and Murray. Schwartz. The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus Yale University Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schwartz, Peggy., and Murray Schwartz. The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus Yale University Press, 2011.
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