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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Eleo Pomare.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Eleo Pomare.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Pomare, Eleo
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 59 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Choreographer and dancer Eleo Pomare was born on October 20, 1937 on the island of Santa Marta, Colombia, South America. He attended Harlem's P.S. #184 and Cooper Junior High School. In 1962, Pomare was awarded a John Hay Whitney Fellowship to study dance in Germany. He established a company in Amsterdam and toured Europe. Pomare returned to the United States in 1966, creating his most celebrated works: Missa Luba, Blues for the Jungle, and Las Desenamoradas. The Eleo Pomare Dance Company toured Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa. They performed in Lagos, Nigeria for FESTAC '77, the World Festival of African Arts. In 1986, Pomare created Morning Without Sunrise, honoring the heroism of Nelson Mandela. In 1968, Pomare, along with Carol Johnson, Rod Rodgers, Gus Solomon and Pearl Reynolds, formed the Association of Black Choreographers. January 7, 1987 was declared Eleo Pomare Day. Pomare passed away on August 8, 2008 at the age of 70.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Eleo Pomare
  • Eleo Pomare
Subject
  • Pomare, Eleo > Interviews
  • Pomare, Eleo
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Choreographer Dancer
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
998758500
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Eleo Pomare.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
Playing Time
035959
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2007 April 18.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Choreographer Dancer.
Added Author
Pomare, Eleo, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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