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Syvilla: they dance to her drum

Title
Syvilla: they dance to her drum [motion picture] / Ayoka Chenzira.
Publication
New York : A. Chenzira, 1979.

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Chenzira, Ayoka.
Description
1 film reel (22 min.) : sd. b&w.; 16 mm.
Summary
Portrays Syvilla Fort, pioneer Black dancer whose career bridged the Katherine Dunham and Alvin Ailey schools of modern dance. For the last 21 years of her life--until her death from cancer--she ran the Studio of Theater Dance in Manhattan.
Subject
  • Fort, Syvilla
  • Dance
  • African American dancers
  • Women dancers
  • Modern dance
Title
Syvilla: they dance to her drum [motion picture] / Ayoka Chenzira.
Imprint
New York : A. Chenzira, 1979.
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Chenzira, Ayoka.
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M16 2448 S
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