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[Slide lecture by Sylvia Ardyn Boone]

Title
[Slide lecture by Sylvia Ardyn Boone] [videorecording]
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Boone, Sylvia Ardyn.
  • Primus, Pearl.
  • Kedelsky, Spider.
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (106 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Sylvia Ardyn Boone gives a slide show and lecture about aesthetics and ideals of beauty in West Africa. The slides include photographs of people and sculpture from West Africa. Boone discusses the following subjects in relation to West African cultures: aspects of self-presentation, the use of masks in ritual, the focus on female beauty, the importance of dance, the significance of hairstyles, and views on the purpose of beauty.
  • In an interview, Pearl Primus speaks about her family origins, how she started dancing, her first visit to Africa, her experience dancing for the king of the Watusi, the African view of dance as an integral part of life, African dances relating to fertility, childrearing, and stages of life, and her initiation into African societies.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Alternative Title
[Interview with Pearl Primus]
Subject
  • Primus, Pearl > Interviews
  • Dance > Africa
  • Dance > Social aspects > Africa
  • Aesthetics, African
  • Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Genre/Form
Video.
Note
  • Titles supplied by cataloger.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in a studio at Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 23 and 25, 1987.
Contents
July 24, 1987: Sylvia Ardyn Boone (56 min.) -- July 25, 1987: Pearl Primus (50 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7803
OCLC
NYPT04-F317
Title
[Slide lecture by Sylvia Ardyn Boone] [videorecording]
Imprint
1987.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Speaker: Sylvia Ardyn Boone.
Interviewer: Spider Kedelsky. Interviewee: Pearl Primus.
Event
Videotaped in a studio at Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 23 and 25, 1987.
Added Author
Boone, Sylvia Ardyn. Speaker
Primus, Pearl. Interviewee
Kedelsky, Spider. Interviewer
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Other Title
[Interview with Pearl Primus]
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7803
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