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An introduction to the artistry of the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater, featuring selections from the major works of choreographer Ailey, set...
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Five thousand years of belly dancing culminate in a nightclub performance, dramatized by pictures that metamorphosize into live dancers performing in...
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The unique beat of Reggae music draws together two young musicians from different cultures. Terry, dissatisfied with the music his own rock band...
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Antonio is twelve. He lives in Jerez de la Frontera in southern Andalusia in Spain. Born into a Gypsy family of flamenco artists, he dreams of...
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Set to the music of Kraftwerk, "Autobahn" is an experiment in the art of animation, combining electronic art with manual animation techniques. A...
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This program traces black musicians and their contribution to American music and history through the performances of Louis Armstrong, Mahalia...
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Soul music is discussed in detail by singer Ray Charles, who says that because of the isolation, misery, and humiliation suffered by American blacks,...
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Carlito is eleven years old. He lives in Valledupar in the Colombian tropics. It’s the land of “Vallenato” which is a musical style born of three...
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Clifton Chenier is the undisputed master of Zydeco (or “la-la music”), a folk-blues style played and sung by French-speaking blacks in Southern...
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The Cuna Indians isolated themselves long ago on a small island in the Caribbean, off the coast of Panama. Today, they continue to live there, yet...
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An extraordinary film that won a 1974 Oscar as the year's best short documentary, "Don't" is also extraordinarily hard to classify. This Robin...
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Examples of colorful ethnic dance from the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australasia help us to understand why people dance and why their...
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