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1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Dance at the Gym": Karine Plantadit, Dwight Rhoden, & Antonio Carlos Scott” (Prints).
1985
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Dance Black America. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The film features on-stage performances at a three-day festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrating Black…
1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dance card from the 1924 University of Illinois Senior Ball, which featured live music from King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. The dance card is a small, printed paper booklet strung on a silk cord loop with front and back covers composed of thin wood. Both…
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mezzotint of a dancing female figure by Eldzier Cortor. Drawn in dark grayscale, a female figure leans backwards with her arms outstretched. She wears a heavily shaded grayscale dress, and is depicted against sharp art deco geometric shapes jutting…
1930s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDance of the Wash - Backyard on 57th Street, Manhattan, New York, 1930's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 4. A black-and-white photograph of clotheslines hanging in an alleyway.
1967-1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performance during a Hausa harvest celebration, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performance, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).
1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performance with drums, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).
1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performer in costume, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performer on the ground during a Leaf Masquerade, Ohoro Town, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performers carrying an Ogumogu dancer during an Afenmai-Ekperi Ogumogu performance at a National Museum of Lagos Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1936
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Dance performers in costume, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).
19th or 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wrought-iron dance rattle of the type used in West Africa, possibly a Yoruban rattle called an 'iku,' worn around the ankle during dances. The iron rattle is a skeuomorph of a seed-pod rattle, with three iron clappers inside each "pod" found on either…
1800s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMetal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are…
1800s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMetal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are…
1800s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMetal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Arthur Mitchell and three (3) unidentified women at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell stands at the left side of the frame wearing a tan colored jacket with jeans and holding paper in…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of students in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. At the left frame is a man in a red sweatshirt with white printed text reading "DANCE THEATRE / OF HARLEM" and black tights. He holds the…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of students in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The teacher, a man in a red sweatshirt with white printed text reading "DANCE THEATRE / OF HARLEM" and black tights, stands with his feet…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a performance by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. In the left background is a painted backdrop of American flag bunting draped in the window of a building. A high wooden bar set piece is in front…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a dress rehearsal for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The photographer is in the wings of a stage. A row of four (4) female dancers wearing white costumes with long tulle skirts stand with their…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a performance by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The dancers are in front of a painted backdrop of American flag bunting draped in the window of a building. A high wooden bar set piece is in…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of two male dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem performing in 1983. Both of the dancers are dressed in the same costume of gold pants, blue and gold tunics, gold turbans, and swords in hilts at…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Arthur Mitchell with the dancers and staff of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell and a woman in a light blue shirt are seated at the center frame in front of a mirror. They are…
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